USC

Mon Sep 11 18:34:06 UTC 2006

On Sep 11, 2006, at 11:25 AM, Larry Horn wrote:

>> Ohio University, of course!  Funny--I used to be at the
>> "University of
>> Indiana," and now I'm at the "University of Ohio."    I can't win.
>>
>> Beverly Flanigan
>> Ohio University-Athens
>
> I should check all the Arnold's Language Logs but another puzzler to
> me is how the University of Kansas ends up as "KU"...

the Universities of Colorado, Kansas, and Oklahoma all show this
reversal.  it's in my second posting ("University name bulletins").

arnold

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