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[Duane Campbell]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Laurence Horn" <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>

>But AFAIK Penn State isn't "the
> Pennsylvania State University" to distinguish it from the University
> of Pennsylvania

It is, however, often PSU (more often in print than spoken). I don't know
whether this usage was as common prior to the Internet.

D

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