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Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Mon Sep 11 15:24:22 UTC 2006


On Sep 11, 2006, at 8:12 AM, David Bergdahl wrote:

> 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?)

1870, as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College

> Previously Ohio State had

sometimes

> used the word "Ohio" alone w/o State in their self-reference.

and still does, in a few contexts: Ohio Stadium and Script Ohio.
some discussion in my recent Language Log piece on "The Ohio State
University".

   http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003548.html

arnold

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