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May 20, 2019
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shuaige
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you win, I was wrong
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My brother sent out an announcement his HS grad daughter is going to "BYU-Provo"
Goliath
5/20/19 1:22pm
the driving force is clarity.
v1k0u6
5/20/19 1:23pm
Its completely clear if people use the terms correctly. Do People going to
Goliath
5/20/19 1:25pm
it's a retronym. it happens organically
v1k0u6
5/20/19 1:28pm
my favorite example is "Corn on the Cob"
v1k0u6
5/20/19 1:29pm
Amazingly, Ricks College was a name that afforded great clarity.
TheWanderer
5/20/19 1:28pm
Yes. And it’s a rough battle when those with the strongest desire to clarify are
garyfan
5/20/19 1:45pm
Indeed you have. It really doesn't matter.
SandYFan
5/20/19 1:28pm
It seriously makes me want to throw up...
Blue Ghost
5/20/19 1:33pm
If they are going down this wrong path, shouldn't it be BYU- Utah? BYU- Idaho
BYUtka
5/20/19 1:40pm
the established path already went two ways before either Idaho or Provo
shuaige
5/20/19 1:56pm
Isn't it the BYU Jerusalem Center? Not BYU- Jerusalem? I have never heard anyone
BYUtka
5/20/19 1:59pm
i've never once heard it called the BYU jerusalem center
shuaige
5/20/19 2:05pm
It is the BYU Jerusalem Center. That is the name.
BYUtka
5/20/19 2:10pm
I've never heard it called BYU Jerusalem.
Blue Cat
5/20/19 2:15pm
Same here. BYU Jerusalem sounds bizarre to me
buffgato
5/20/19 2:18pm
you win, I was wrong
shuaige
5/20/19 4:31pm
This isn't a competition.
BYUtka
5/20/19 10:38pm
Send this to them right now and remind them how dumb they are
LaVellIfIKnow
5/20/19 1:43pm
Did a 16-year-old tweet that?
SandYFan
5/20/19 2:06pm
I was told a 34 year old tweeted it.
LaVellIfIKnow
5/20/19 2:07pm
Just yesterday, I told someone I went to BYU and they asked "Which one?"
buffgato
5/20/19 2:02pm
BYU Provo is the old Provo high campus isn’t it?
Bullrider
5/20/19 5:13pm
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