USC

[FRITZ JUENGLING]

This reminds me of all those weird folks in the Midwest who mistakenly
use 'U of O' for University of Ohio.  Everyone knows it really means
University of Oregon.
Fritz J

>>> cdoyle at UGA.EDU 9/10/2006 2:27 PM >>>
I'd call "SC" for 'The University of Southern California' an LA'ism,
and "USC" perhaps a Westernism.  When I moved from (that) USC to The
University of Georgia in 1974, I discovered that "USC" now meant 'The
University of South Carolina'--while The University of Southern
California is known in the South (and elsewhere?--but not in
California?) as "Southern Cal."

--Charlie

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