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Robert Lieblich
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:06 am
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"jerry_friedman@yahoo.com" wrote:
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Blue Hornet wrote:
John Lawler wrote:
good_man <good_man_101@yahoo.com> wrote:
The University of
Michigan, but Michigan State University. However, it's The Ohio State
University.
And The Ohio State University is an affectation, to my ear.
To mine too. It was Ohio State University when my father played
trombone in the "script Ohio" (or so I'm told), and as far as I'm
concerned, it still is. IHS.
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I report with some trepidation that I went to the school's website,
<http://www.osu.edu/>, and saw for myself that the Totally Official
name of the school is "The Ohio State University." See for
yourselves.
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Bob Lieblich
Who still remembers Howard "Hopalong" Cassady
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Charles Riggs
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:06 am
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On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:36:10 -0500, Robert Lieblich
<robert.lieblich@verizon.net> wrote:
| Quote: | "jerry_friedman@yahoo.com" wrote:
Blue Hornet wrote:
John Lawler wrote:
good_man <good_man_101@yahoo.com> wrote:
The University of
Michigan, but Michigan State University. However, it's The Ohio State
University.
And The Ohio State University is an affectation, to my ear.
To mine too. It was Ohio State University when my father played
trombone in the "script Ohio" (or so I'm told), and as far as I'm
concerned, it still is. IHS.
I report with some trepidation that I went to the school's website,
http://www.osu.edu/>, and saw for myself that the Totally Official
name of the school is "The Ohio State University." See for
yourselves.
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Well, la-de-da: a web site. I'll have you know I took a course there,
and it is "Ohio State".
Can you name the film that made "la-de-da" famous and the actress who
was always saying it? (*Actress*: I don't go in for this PC "actor"
stuff.)
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Charles Riggs
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:06 am
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On 10 Nov 2005 17:21:14 -0800, "Blue Hornet" <hornet.blue@gmail.com>
wrote:
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John Lawler wrote:
good_man <good_man_101@yahoo.com> wrote:
The University of
Michigan, but Michigan State University. However, it's The Ohio State
University.
And The Ohio State University is an affectation, to my ear.
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For sure. In fact, it is normally called simply "Ohio State".
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Charles Riggs
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Charles Riggs
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:06 am
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On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:48:03 -0500, Robert Lieblich
<robert.lieblich@verizon.net> wrote:
| Quote: | Blue Hornet wrote:
John Lawler wrote:
good_man <good_man_101@yahoo.com> wrote:
The University of
Michigan, but Michigan State University. However, it's The Ohio State
University.
And The Ohio State University is an affectation, to my ear.
If you watch the football telecasts in which the players introduce
themselves and their alma maters at the beginning of the game, you may
have noted that players from Ohio State invariably say "THE Ohio State
University" -- heavy emphasis on "the."
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When urging on their football team ahead of a critical moment in a
game, cheerleaders (our own Coop has a wife who used to be one) at
Norfolk High in Virginia used to cry:
We don't sing and we don't dance, "Norfuck"! "Norfuck"!
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Charles Riggs |
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