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Which universities seem to “own” their names because their names seem to have recognition across the nation where similiarly named universities do not.
Hard to explain, I realize, so let me use the following as an example:
The University of South Carolina would appear to have the misfortune of having its prefered names “owned” by other universities...
The University of Southern California is recognized nationally as USC...not South Carolina..which calls itself USC.
And when someone says “Carolina”, nationally people think UNC, not South Carolina which also brands itself as “Carolina”
What other universities “own” their names nationally over other so named universities?
(I realize this is more university vs. university but the versus part made me comfortable putting this here)
Miami (Florida) owns its name over Miami (Ohio).
I think it would an interesting discussion over MSU's: Michigan State vs. Mississippi State Big10 vs SEC. There's also ISUs, UTs, OSUs, etc. to discuss.
It's been my experience that some refer to The Ohio State University as just plain "Ohio". To me, an issue is that Ohio University also brands as "Ohio" in certain situations (in others, it's OSU and OU respectively). Ohio State is obviously much better known, but they are both D-I athletics (not sure about OU footbal).
Branding nerd (perhaps branding nazi) that I am, I prefer Ohio State for the Buckeyes and Ohio for the Bobcats.
Which universities seem to “own” their names because their names seem to have recognition across the nation where similiarly named universities do not.
Hard to explain, I realize, so let me use the following as an example:
The University of South Carolina would appear to have the misfortune of having its prefered names “owned” by other universities...
The University of Southern California is recognized nationally as USC...not South Carolina..which calls itself USC.
And when someone says “Carolina”, nationally people think UNC, not South Carolina which also brands itself as “Carolina”
What other universities “own” their names nationally over other so named universities?
(I realize this is more university vs. university but the versus part made me comfortable putting this here)
I use USC when referring to Uni of South Carolina. I think that is common for people in the south. USC makes more sense for U of South Carolina because SC is the postal code for SC. Does anybody use SC to refer to southern California geographically.
Generally the context of the conversation will make clear which university is being discussed and they don't play each other in sports.
No school can take LSU but there's a debate over calling The University of Louisiana at Lafayette or University of Louisiana. The latter is far better but LSU is jealous.
I use USC when referring to Uni of South Carolina. I think that is common for people in the south. USC makes more sense for U of South Carolina because SC is the postal code for SC. Does anybody use SC to refer to southern California geographically.
Generally the context of the conversation will make clear which university is being discussed and they don't play each other in sports.
I frequent a LSU/SEC heavy message board and when they talk about University of Southern California they say USCw with the "w" standing for west. Some even use USCe for South Carolina.
I frequent a LSU/SEC heavy message board and when they talk about University of Southern California they say USCw with the "w" standing for west. Some even use USCe for South Carolina.
SEC Rant?
Btw, screw state.
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