NJRedMan
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RE: ACC selected by the Barclays Center over the B1G for Tournament
(12-19-2013 02:45 AM)BruceMcF Wrote: (12-18-2013 05:15 PM)cuseroc Wrote: (12-18-2013 04:41 PM)billyjack Wrote: Hey, St. John's last week beat the "The Georgia Institute of Technology". I say we all refer to the Yellow Jackets as "The Georgia Institute of Technology" from now on... I mean, it's on their diplomas...!
Very good point. So would a person be wrong for referring to Georgia Tech as the Georgia Institute of Technology? Wouldn't both terms be correct? YES
Depends on context, doesn't it? If singing the "rambling wreck" song, "I'm a rambling wreck from The Georgia Institute of Technology, and a hell of an engineer" just doesn't scan as well.
If St. John's wants to market themselves that way, its fine by me. If UCF wants to go by their initials instead of Central Florida, I'm fine with that too. Just as long as you don't try to trick me into saying the name of that school up north, I don't want to have to wash my mouth out with soap.
And the subject line for the original post is just as untrue nine pages later as it was at the outset ~ the ACC playing one in five or one in three or even one in two tournaments at the Barclay's Center doesn't interfere with the Big Ten's ability to play in NYC every three or four years, to be more accessible to its substantial East Coast alumni bases.
Want to market ourselves? What are you talking about? It's been St. not Saint for over 60 years! The only thing the school EVER puts out where Saint is spelled out is it's diploma. Thats it! The school does not sell or distribute anything else where saint is spelled out. The balls of people on this board to try and tell me, an alumni in good standing what my school is called is pathetic.
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