History_Buff
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Graduated from the University of Calgary, B.Sc. Engineering, 2009.
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ELITEOFWARMAN8
King
I love some of your people's answers... "I forgot". 
Chairman Meow
Class IV
Are there other Ohio State Universities such that you have to cite it as The Ohio State University?
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Jewel Runner
OU, Wright State, and Miami are all public universities in Ohio, but it's The Ohio State University. Be sure to say the "the" with a long e and really emphasize it.
Actually, yes. I think there are 13 other public universities in the state of Ohio. The "The" helps draw a distinction between Ohio University, which is the school for journalism students and drunkards.
Chairman Meow
Class IV
Yes, but Ohio University isn't referred to as "Ohio State University" so the "The" is unnecessary.
Zack
99% hot gas
I graduated from clown college, which went a long way towards helping me land my current job as a political pundit.
The first he did was difficult to get into academically and he completed it but he doesn't like the work.That's cool but uhm.... why 4?
The second was just as difficult to get into - he did it to get a more interesting career but he couldn't get steady work from it.
I'm not sure why he did the third - I think it was because he could do it around his other commitments.
This fourth one I think will suit him as it will probably generate an interesting career that would use all his other degrees to a greater or lesser extent. I can see him going on to postgraduate study in this or taking a full time job in the area.
The boring work from the first degree that he can do part time paid for all the other courses, his mortgage, his childcare etc. It is well paid work.
ELITEOFWARMAN8
King
Guess he had alot of money though to do this?
There are also multiple campuses within the Ohio State Sytem...Ohio State-Columbus, Ohio State-Newark, Ohio State-Marion, etc.
That's more or less how Missouri does it. There are actually two main systems in Missouri. The first is the University of Missouri System (Columbia, Kansas City, St Louis, and Rolla (now stupidly called school of science and tech or something like that.))
Then there is the "State" system for lack of a better word. Northwest Missouri State, Northeast Mo State, Southwest Mo State, Southeast Mo State, Central Mo State, and so forth. Actually, not SW anymore because it finally, after literally decades of trying, got renamed to simply "Missouri State University"
Then there is the "State" system for lack of a better word. Northwest Missouri State, Northeast Mo State, Southwest Mo State, Southeast Mo State, Central Mo State, and so forth. Actually, not SW anymore because it finally, after literally decades of trying, got renamed to simply "Missouri State University"
Luckymoose
The World is Mine
Currently in my final semesters.
The fact that there are other Ohio state universities means that the "The" is, in fact, inappropriate and pretentious. It's one of many, not the only one. aOSU is better.
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Saying you went to "a Ohio state university" in a spoken sentence is quite ambiguous; you could have gone to Toledo, or perhaps Cincinnati, or Miami... it's unclear. And unlike the SUNYs, they aren't all part of the same organization (or is SUNY actually part of the same organization?).
Saying you went to "a OSU" is even worse, as then no one knows if you went to Oregon State, Oklahoma State, or Ohio State. People probably won't guess an Ohio school other than The Ohio State University with the abbreviation, but they'll look at you funny and depending on where you are, might guess one of the other O states.
Also, in regular life, it's common to refer to it as "Ohio State" or "OSU" (assuming Oklahoma/Oregon isn't ambigiuos in the context). You'd probably think that the Queen's initial tite, "Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas Queen, Defender of the Faith" was pretentious, too, but I don't think the point was to sound modest. The "The" does attract plenty of conversation... which isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Traitorfish
The Tighnahulish Kid
Currently at the University of Dundee. Bit provincial, but it's got a pretty well-rated history department, so it suits me.
Also, does anyone have any idea why British universities tend to be formally "University of Blah", and American ones "Blah University"?
Also, does anyone have any idea why British universities tend to be formally "University of Blah", and American ones "Blah University"?
Zack
99% hot gas
Who would phrase it like that, with the indefinite article? That's like saying, "Well, I went to a Taco Bell for lunch." Saying "I went to THE Taco Bell for lunch" sounds even weirder. Normal people say "I went to Taco Bell for lunch, and if you're really that damn curious, the one on 4th Street by the Wal-Mart."
For example, if someone around here simply says the go to "UT", unless otherwise specified, that's presumed to mean the University of Texas at Austin, which is the main campus. Or, if you want to be more specific, you say "UT Austin." No one says "the UT."
Traitorfish
The Tighnahulish Kid
Does it matter? None of these things pre-date the Reformation, so it's not like they're real universities.
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