Universities where the Abbreviation Doesn't Match the Name

[Anonymous]

Although Wash U in St. Louis is now pushing that as the abbreviation, back in the day “wustl” was pretty common. What made it fun was how many people just said it like it was a word, e.g. “I go to woostel”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you don’t like UGA, then you don’t like UVA either.

UVM bugs me — if using first letters, it should be UV, if using state abbreviations it should be UVT, but I guess they wanted to use syllables and come up with UVM.

people here use VT for Virginia Tech which is state abbreviation Vermont

Virginia Tech has always used VT. This is nothing new. Georgia Tech is GT, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn't Virginia Tech also VPI somehow?

No one actually uses that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't Virginia Tech also VPI somehow?

No one actually uses that.

Librarians do!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't Virginia Tech also VPI somehow?

No one actually uses that.

Librarians do!

So do people over the age of about 80ish and from around here. Rampant amongst my parents' generation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you don’t like UGA, then you don’t like UVA either.

UVM bugs me — if using first letters, it should be UV, if using state abbreviations it should be UVT, but I guess they wanted to use syllables and come up with UVM.

people here use VT for Virginia Tech which is state abbreviation Vermont

Virginia Tech has always used VT. This is nothing new. Georgia Tech is GT, etc.

For about a century, it was called VPI. I remember when it called itself VPI and later called itself VPI&SU. It was a big deal when they added the "&SU" part.

It has NOT always used VT - that actually is relatively new.

[Anonymous]

U of SC vs USC in Southern California. I just use SC or South Carolina when it isn’t obvious which one we’re talking about.

Ole Miss for U Mississippi.

All the Loyolas, only the LA one is LMU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you don’t like UGA, then you don’t like UVA either.

UVM bugs me — if using first letters, it should be UV, if using state abbreviations it should be UVT, but I guess they wanted to use syllables and come up with UVM.

people here use VT for Virginia Tech which is state abbreviation Vermont

Virginia Tech has always used VT. This is nothing new. Georgia Tech is GT, etc.

How naive.

[Anonymous]

U of Western Ontario now wants people to call it “Western.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Penn for PSU 😂

Those are two different schools. PSU is in State College, Pennsylvania and Penn is in Philadelphia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you don’t like UGA, then you don’t like UVA either.

UVM bugs me — if using first letters, it should be UV, if using state abbreviations it should be UVT, but I guess they wanted to use syllables and come up with UVM.

people here use VT for Virginia Tech which is state abbreviation Vermont

Everyone at Delaware calls it UD.

Postal codes are not the same as abbreviations. One could say the abbreviation for Virginia Tech is Va. Tech.

UConn, UMass, UDel, and Ole Miss use the old-style postal codes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you don’t like UGA, then you don’t like UVA either.

UVM bugs me — if using first letters, it should be UV, if using state abbreviations it should be UVT, but I guess they wanted to use syllables and come up with UVM.

people here use VT for Virginia Tech which is state abbreviation Vermont

Postal codes are not the same as abbreviations. One could say the abbreviation for Virginia Tech is Va. Tech.

UConn, UMass, UDel, and Ole Miss use the old-style postal codes.

Everyone at Delaware calls it UD.

[Anonymous]

There used to be College of Notre Dame of Maryland. Its unfortunate abbreviation of CONDOM may have spurred the name change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you don’t like UGA, then you don’t like UVA either.

UVM bugs me — if using first letters, it should be UV, if using state abbreviations it should be UVT, but I guess they wanted to use syllables and come up with UVM.

people here use VT for Virginia Tech which is state abbreviation Vermont

Virginia Tech has always used VT. This is nothing new. Georgia Tech is GT, etc.

For about a century, it was called VPI. I remember when it called itself VPI and later called itself VPI&SU. It was a big deal when they added the "&SU" part.

It has NOT always used VT - that actually is relatively new.

I grew up and went to college in the 80s. It was definitely referred to as VT back then and that was a loooooong time ago.
DP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you don’t like UGA, then you don’t like UVA either.

UVM bugs me — if using first letters, it should be UV, if using state abbreviations it should be UVT, but I guess they wanted to use syllables and come up with UVM.

people here use VT for Virginia Tech which is state abbreviation Vermont

Virginia Tech has always used VT. This is nothing new. Georgia Tech is GT, etc.

How naive.

Not sure what you’re on about, but also don’t really care.