To complain about something trivial that is prevalent just now at this time of year?

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The use of the word "Uni" as opposed to University.

It really bugs me.

It started around the time the first Australian soaps were shown back in the early 1980s (Neighbours etc.) because they use that term in Australia - apparently.

Nobody ever referred to it as "Uni" before that in the UK - it just annoys me and I always say University because Uni sounds daft.

Just my opinion of course.

Agree, but not as bad as 'varsity'.

Personally I think Uni is horrible and it's grating because it's symptomatic of the 'dumbing down' of higher education. It smacks imo of not being bovered.

Well prettybird I think your DH should know that it's The University of Glasgow.

Yanbu op I agree. Makes me cringe don't know why

I think he would argue with me Derxa although he has had to accept that St Andrews is older than Glasgow

Yes it's true St Andrews is older damn you but Glasgow is 4th oldest in the UK.

We always called it Uni when I was growing up in the 70s (Ireland )

Ha ha Euphemia I watched Brudeshead during my first weeks at Wolves Poly. It was a different world.

Brideshead.

Ha. I am an Australian and we definitely shorten everything. For example arvo, servo, uni, trade, sparky,..

I work at a uni and we all refer to it as Uni.... College is definitely just referring to FE college or one of the Oxford Colleges....

oh and we even shorten the name of our uni to just the second name plus the word 'uni'....

I always call it uni eg. "I'm going to uni this morning." If I said, "I'm going to university this morning" I'd feel like a pretentious twit. But that's because everyone else in my class calls it uni as well. And the lecturers.

Yeah the theory of "uni not being one of the good ones" certainly doesn't hold true, snd my ex oxbridge friends also call it uni.

This thread reminds me of the my family episode where Janey goes off to university and every time they call it uni, Ben adds "-versity!"

More annoying than "uni" is when students refer to their dissertation as "the diss". ERTATION.

I hate it too, my son is going to 'University'! its dumbing down I'm afraid, the same as making strictly come dancing all American and 'whoop whoop' - the county is going to the dogs.!

its dumbing down I'm afraid, the same as making strictly come dancing all American and 'whoop whoop' - the county is going to the dogs.!
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I'm with BakeOff

I also went to University late 70s - pre Neighbours. My (non-educated) working class family insisted on referring to it as Uni. I did, of course, correct them.