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Reverence is a dish best served with an interrogation (startrek.website)
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[–] Meho_Nohome@sh.itjust.works -4 points 11 months ago (3 children)

It doesn't matter where you live. I just hate the term "uni". Say "my university", "NYU", "Princeton", or something like that. I don't have an objective argument against it. I just don't like it. It's like the word " ain't ". It's in the dictionary now and technically acceptable, but I hate it.

[–] Youki@feddit.de 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

You realize that universities outside the US and UK only have a very nondescript moniker or some obscure title that would not help you identify it in the slightest, right?

I could say "Back in TU Heidelberg" and you would look like a personified questionmark.

[–] Meho_Nohome@sh.itjust.works -3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Then say "at my university". I think people will understand that you don't own a university, and you are referring to the one that you attended. Again, it's purely a subjective issue. I get that I'm in the minority, but I still hate the term.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Are you really asking all but a few countries on the planet to stop using the word they’ve been using for ages because being exposed to it bothers you personally?

I’m actually interested in how this plays out.

[–] Meho_Nohome@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

I'm not asking anyone to do anything. I'm just saying that I hate the word.

If I said I hate spaghetti, would you assume I want all spaghetti around the world banned and destroyed?

[–] tjsauce@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well now Lemmy will exclusively use "uni" just to piss you off. You really painted a target on yourself

[–] Meho_Nohome@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

I also painted a vagina on my stomach, but I guess that's not really relevant.

[–] z500@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Ain't was always a valid contraction for "am not", but too many people misused it until grammarians convinced everyone it wasn't a real word. Besides, words aren't handed down from on high. If it's in the dictionary it's because it was already in use. What's the point of a dictionary if you can't look up the words people are using?

[–] Meho_Nohome@sh.itjust.works -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In the 70s and 80s we were taught that it wasn't a proper word. Of course, whether it's proper or not, I hate it.

I also hate "irregardless". If I said that word to my English teacher I would have been slapped into next Tuesday.

[–] tjsauce@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Irregardless, you ain't getting slapped at uni.