USC

[David Bergdahl]

Perhaps this is the time to remember the OHIO war ... in which Ohio Univ
(Athens, 1804) wrestled the use of the name "Ohio" in publicity from that
new land-grant university in Columbus (1858?)  Previously Ohio State had
used the word "Ohio" alone w/o State in their self-reference.

On 9/11/06, Arnold M. Zwicky <zwicky at csli.stanford.edu> wrote:
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> On Sep 11, 2006, at 7:41 AM, FRITZ JUENGLING wrote:
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> > 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.
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> University of Ohio??  whazzat?
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> arnold
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