Is it unAmerican to say "Uni"?

[Yamaneko]

Discuss.

Personally, I don't think it is. In fact, I'll go as far as to say that it's unAmerican NOT to say it.

[Jojee]

I called it college and all the non-American people got confused and thought I was younger so I started to call it Uni. :|

[Shoeberto]

Nah, it's fine.

[Quina]

What is it?

[Yamaneko]

It's a fruit.

[Jojee]

You're a fruit.

[Miriel]

Calling College "Uni" is like calling T.V. the "telly"

It's just not something you do. =/

[Shoeberto]

You're a fruit.
Burn!

[Del Murder]

You might as well boil some tea on your burning flag.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

That is one of the most obnoxious things you can call anything.

[Meat Puppet]

I'm not from America and I call unicyclists "Uni". :)

[Quina]

That's what I first thought when I opened this topic, but I guess it means some kind of fruit. Probably something from the grape family.

[theundeadhero]

My opinion is biased because it comes from all of you saying Uni so much.

[Peegee]

Are people worldwide daft? There ARE universities elsewhere. Münster University, Germany, for example. Sheesh!

[Destai]

I like how its spelled.

[Shlup]

That is one of the most obnoxious things you can call anything.
Why's that, Kawaii-chan? ^o^v

I call it uni 'cause I'm just that lazy.

[Devourment]

I agree with the threadstarter. ^_^

Although I am English, I do not say 'Uni', because I prefer to say University. :p

[Psychotic]

I say Uni. Oh America, how I have let you down.

[Chris]

I just say school. xD

[Madame Adequate]

Big school for brainy people!

Naw, I just say whatever. Sometimes I say college! Sometimes I say uni/university! Sometimes I say Ha, that buildings on fire and they will NEVER KNOW WHO STARTED IT before scurrying off into the distance laughing.

But there is actually a difference between 'em, you know. A college is where one subject is specialized. A uni is essentially made up of many colleges...

I think it's UnAmerican to have anything but this natty blue background to EoFF.

[Big D]

I call it uni, but it's also known as "varsity" in a few Commonwealth countries. That's 'cause of how it was pronounced in the old days. "Varsity" is a pretty neat word for it.

But I agree, it's definitely un-American to say "uni". In fact, I'd say it's down-right anti-American. Only a terrorist would say uni, so someone better tell the authorities so they can combat the serious threat posed by people all over the world who say "uni"...
Or maybe not.

Nothing un-American about it; it's just a different abbreviation. The only way it's wrong is if you think it's fundamentally bad to adopt slang from other cultures. For all I know, it's been called "uni" in America since time immemorial, anyway:)

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

It's wrong because it looks and sounds completely stupid. Hey guys from now on let's refer to public execution as "goo-goo ga-ga."

[Orestes]

It's college or school, you commies.

[Kirobaito]

Anybody who calls college uni needs to be DESTROYED.

[Gibsie]

But aren't they actually universities anyway?

[-N-]

In the states, a University is a collection of Colleges. For example, Rice University conists of ten colleges, which are segregated mostly based on major type. Each college has a collection of dorms, so on, and so forth.

[Yamaneko]

Yeah, but colleges are for losers who didn't make it into uni.

[-N-]

Unless the college is part of the university. If you make it into UCLA, you don't make it into UCLA, you make it into UCLA School of ______ or ______ College. Etc.

[Yamaneko]

Yes, but universities have various colleges within them. A college by itself, in the United States, is only qualified to give Bachelors Degrees.

[nik0tine]

Of course it's unAmerican. OMG!! USA! USA! USA!!!1

[Resha]

I say uni! But then I'm not American. But what's so wrong with saying uni? I'm pretty sure it's a uni-versal term. Oh gawd, pun. xD *dies of horror*

[Zell's Fists of Fury]

I go to a community college so I lose right there. I don't know. Shut up. :goomba:

[Zeldy]

I say 'Uni', bah, its easier!

[-N-]

I say uni! But then I'm not American. But what's so wrong with saying uni? I'm pretty sure it's a uni-versal term. Oh gawd, pun. xD *dies of horror*
I hope you enjoy killing me.

[Raistlin]

It's wrong because it looks and sounds completely stupid. Hey guys from now on let's refer to public execution as "goo-goo ga-ga."
I have to go with Kishi and Del on this one. Uni = two syllables. College = two syllables. One's a perversion of the original word that sounds stupid that lazy and/or mentally deficient people use, and one's an actual word.

It's college. Or, I might call it university, if applicable. But not "uni."

[Dr.K]

For some reason I think it's unAUSTRALIAN not to say Uni. Too many episodes of Neighbours for my own good.

[nik0tine]

I go to a community college so I lose right there. I don't know. Shut up. :goomba:
Chandler-Gilbert? MCC? Mesa Community?

[Ko Ko]

I say uni and I'm american. Is it a sin? :confused:

[Kirobaito]

Yes, Iri. It is a sin to say 'uni'.

[Ko Ko]

*gasp*

Uni?!!?
*is struck by lightning*

[Drift]

i say both uni/university 6th form > college

[gokufusionss1]

University is where you get your degree, collage is where dumb people go to get their GNVQ's in bread making.

[Madame Adequate]

University is where you get your degree, collage is where dumb people go to get their GNVQ's in bread making.

What about those of us who never went to either?

Plus, they're only kids. It's not nice to insult really young people, especially for doing fun stuff like making collages. Meanie.

Doubleplus, what the heck do you think we'd do without bread? Hello, where do you think cheesy toasties come from?

[gokufusionss1]

you are the special blessed few who actualy do jobs that matter.

I make sweeping generlisations because i'm lazy and i find it funny

I could live without bread

[Raistlin]

Yeah, but colleges are for losers who didn't make it into uni.
I had the choice between two universities and one college. I chose the college. :p

[Quina]

It's as American as apple strudel.

[Rusty]

I say Uni. Everyone in Australia says Uni. I thought it was just an Aussie thing. Guess not :p

[Mo-Nercy]

Yeah, Australian's are always gonna say Uni. For example:
I only need an 80.00 UAI to get into the course I want in Sydney Uni. Do I even need to go to school for the rest of the year?
exdee.

[Loony BoB]

Yeah, but colleges are for losers who didn't make it into uni.I had the choice between two universities and one college. I chose the college. :p
Well, you had to fit in.

EDIT: Also, people who go purely by syllables are dumdumheads. I mean, it's not because Uni is faster to say than College. It's because it's easier, and also probably because it's more casual, and also because College is not short for University, and they are different things.

When I say it's easier to say, I mean that there is less tongue movement in 'Uni' than in 'College', and that does tend to be a strong influence in the development of shortened and/or slang words.

[nik0tine]

BoB, please don't revive old threads.

*modwhores*

[Hawkeye]

Great, mods breaking their own rules. Now I've seen it all, twice

[edczxcvbnm]

I went to a University and I still called it college. Saying uni is as unamerican as cricket and communism are.

[Loony BoB]

This is totally all Yams' fault.

GOD BOB WHAT ARE YOU DOING *CLOSES AND WARMS*

Yes, warms. Because typos are superior.

EDIT: Typos are also a strong influence on slang. Not to mention the American way of spelling.

[Yamaneko]

Monumental Breakdown in Staff Protocol

[eestlinc]

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