For the love of God can adults please stop saying uni

[CressidaEgg]

Let's reclaim the five syllable word. University. It grates to read MNers talking about their DC going off to "uni" or even about their own time at "uni". Just call it what it is: university.

@rosewhitetips have you any evidence for this? I think my undergraduate students and my fellow academics would wholeheartedly disagree.

Clearing is like a safety net. There was a time when there was no such thing.

Probably... there was a time when there weren't all sorts of things; sometimes we call this 'progress'. I know someone who had a summer job doing clearing at UCCA, as it was then, in 1980. Obviously not such a large scale operation, they used shoeboxes full of index cards and phones, but it's not exactly a new phenomenon. (And back then good universities would give students they wanted very low offers, tantamount to unconditional)

I work in a Uni :)

Eh? I'm heading for 50, always said uni, as did my mother, And you want me to CHANGE?!!! (so wish I could say that in my mum's voice!)

There are some that grate on my nerves such as;

Sat Nav - we say GPS here.
Air Con - we say AC or air conditioning.

It must be nice having nothing else to worry about

In the US we say college, so perhaps that's a compromise everyone can live with.

It’s college in Ireland too Miss, but in England college is where one does A levels.

I think that’s right^^

YABU OP

But so am I, as I agree with you.

I agree, colleges are usually (not always) post 16 places, might be where you do A levels (Sixth Form college) or other non-degree qualifications (Further Education colleges).

Stupomax - what English accents do you like. You're ok - this is a safe space

It's AIBU! It's anything but safe

Blame the Ozzies. We travelled round there for several months and now there are some terms I say that are so shortened I don't even know how to spell them. For example, instead of saying 'doing a U-Turn' we say ' do a ewey'.

Totally agree OP, but I am aware it's inexplicable and totally irrational. To my 1980s University educated ears( we called it College), it just sounds unbearably TWEE.

RoboJesus that made me chuckle. If only we could uptick I'd have saved myself a post!

Do a ewey in the Ute.

Much shorter words and university get shortened. In all sorts of ways. It doesn’t generally bother me. Uni certainly doesn’t.

For what it’s worth I went to university in the nineteen eighties doing a Bachelor of Arts degree. Except I spent more time in the discotheque and public house so only came out with a second class degree upper division degree.

I say university when i am talking to someone

I type uni because i am very lazy

I love the word discotheque. I'll try that in the kids when I get the oppo.

"try it on the kids." Natch.

Obv

Don’t you mean kidz?

The bums on seats obsession extends even to good unis. Clearing is like a safety net. There was a time when there was no such thing. I find these things depressing; the word uni not so much.

Clearing has been around for a very long time.

I'm studying at U.N.I at the moment

Don't have time to say the whole word.

Ever say 'hi'? Fuck You, say 'hello'.