Anonymous
03/30/2023 00:41
Subject: Why, in the U.S., is the word “college” used interchangeably with what is meant to be “university”?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:And why is the main dinner course in American cuisine called an entree!
Why is laboratory pronounced differently in British and American English?
Maths vs Math as an abbreviation?
I demand answers to these eternal mysteries that Google can’t explain!!
NP. “Maths” is like nails on a chalkboard for me! Glad Americans changed that one.
Yes!
Anonymous
03/29/2023 22:21
Subject: Why, in the U.S., is the word “college” used interchangeably with what is meant to be “university”?
Anonymous wrote:And why is the main dinner course in American cuisine called an entree!
Why is laboratory pronounced differently in British and American English?
Maths vs Math as an abbreviation?
I demand answers to these eternal mysteries that Google can’t explain!!
NP. “Maths” is like nails on a chalkboard for me! Glad Americans changed that one.
Anonymous
03/29/2023 22:15
Subject: Why, in the U.S., is the word “college” used interchangeably with what is meant to be “university”?
And why is the main dinner course in American cuisine called an entree!
Why is laboratory pronounced differently in British and American English?
Maths vs Math as an abbreviation?
I demand answers to these eternal mysteries that Google can’t explain!!
Why is laboratory pronounced differently in British and American English?
Maths vs Math as an abbreviation?
I demand answers to these eternal mysteries that Google can’t explain!!
Anonymous
03/29/2023 22:07
Subject: Re:Why, in the U.S., is the word “college” used interchangeably with what is meant to be “university”?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Seriously. When I was studying abroad in Germany from an elite liberal arts college, the German professors thought our group was basically high school students and the kid from the University of Vermont who was along with our group was some kind of advanced academic.
I thought Europeans were worldly unlike provincial Americans.
Germans are total meatheads. Their most “advanced” high school is a “gymnasium” lol
Anonymous
03/29/2023 21:06
Subject: Re:Why, in the U.S., is the word “college” used interchangeably with what is meant to be “university”?
Anonymous wrote:Seriously. When I was studying abroad in Germany from an elite liberal arts college, the German professors thought our group was basically high school students and the kid from the University of Vermont who was along with our group was some kind of advanced academic.
I thought Europeans were worldly unlike provincial Americans.
Anonymous
03/29/2023 20:50
Subject: Why, in the U.S., is the word “college” used interchangeably with what is meant to be “university”?
Because we are different!
Anonymous
03/29/2023 20:32
Subject: Why, in the U.S., is the word “college” used interchangeably with what is meant to be “university”?
Anonymous wrote:In other countries they call soccer “football” and French fries “chips.” Sometimes the same word can mean different things.
+1 sheesh
Anonymous
03/29/2023 20:29
Subject: Re:Why, in the U.S., is the word “college” used interchangeably with what is meant to be “university”?
Seriously. When I was studying abroad in Germany from an elite liberal arts college, the German professors thought our group was basically high school students and the kid from the University of Vermont who was along with our group was some kind of advanced academic.
Anonymous
03/29/2023 20:25
Subject: Why, in the U.S., is the word “college” used interchangeably with what is meant to be “university”?
Anonymous
03/29/2023 20:25
Subject: Why, in the U.S., is the word “college” used interchangeably with what is meant to be “university”?
Because it’s the US.
Anonymous
03/29/2023 20:21
Subject: Why, in the U.S., is the word “college” used interchangeably with what is meant to be “university”?
In the US, college refers to the education of undergraduates. University generally refers to an educational institute that does research. Because the US education system does not specialize until year 13 or so (first year of us college), it makes sense that we don’t go to university until several years after that. In many other countries specialized non-research education happens in the teen years/high school so it makes sense they would use college for that.
Anonymous
03/29/2023 20:19
Subject: Why, in the U.S., is the word “college” used interchangeably with what is meant to be “university”?
Who cares? I think college is the right word for undergrad. Otherwise the speaker sounds British. “I went to university.”
Anonymous
03/29/2023 20:18
Subject: Why, in the U.S., is the word “college” used interchangeably with what is meant to be “university”?
In other countries they call soccer “football” and French fries “chips.” Sometimes the same word can mean different things.
Anonymous
03/29/2023 20:18
Subject: Why, in the U.S., is the word “college” used interchangeably with what is meant to be “university”?
This isn’t other countries. This is a different country. That’s why.
Anonymous
03/29/2023 20:15
Subject: Why, in the U.S., is the word “college” used interchangeably with what is meant to be “university”?
I know that “community colleges” and “liberal arts colleges” don’t offer master’s degrees or higher. But in other countries, college = high school.