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thisabadusername t1_j5fwtc4 wrote

Reply to comment by Ashamed_Band_1779 in If only.. by metracta

It’s weird cause I hear other universities pronounced that way but not Pitt. UPenn, UToronto, etc. Maybe Pitt has a longer/more storied sports tradition so what the announcers use on game day and in the papers becomes the default

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Bradbitzer t1_j5gki03 wrote

I hear more people say UofT in Toronto

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thisabadusername t1_j5h95ts wrote

I suppose you don’t have to worry about getting it confused with the highly prestigious University of Toledo /s

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Bradbitzer t1_j5h9gih wrote

Haha, indeed. Now we just have University of Toronto and Toronto Metropolitan University (renamed since Ryerson was very problematic)

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Sankara_Connolly2020 t1_j5hbf1j wrote

Because saying “UPitt” is redundant.

Pitt = University of Pittsburgh

UPitt = University University of Pittsburgh

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