[Magdalen] My tips to the BBC for today

[Ann Markle]

Same with 'The University of Indiana;" it always has been and still is
"Indiana University."

Ann
The Rev. Ann Markle
ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
Buffalo,  NY

On Thu, Oct 25, 2018, 10:48 PM Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was relieved today of a deep anxiety -- the prospect of spending almost
> half of November in an office building in NYC doing a project I could much
> better do where I sit now.
>
> I celebrated with a drive in a car, a lovely treat, especially because the
> car has XM/Sirius satellite radio, through which I always listen to channel
> 120, the BBC World Service.
>
> Dear BBC:
>
> There's a major city in Texas called "HYOO-ston," not "HOO-ston." Try
> "Euston" and you'll be 99% there.
>
> The University of San Diego is absolutely never referred to as "San Diego
> University." Likewise, no one ever says "Michigan University" for the fine
> institution in Ann Arbor. And Ohio University is never The University of
> Ohio. You'll be forgiven for referring to The Ohio State University as
> simply Ohio State University, however.
>
> That is all.
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>