(04-13-2017 04:18 PM)ManleyPointer Wrote:  I've got nothing against you, David. I appreciate your focus on smaller schools. So I come in peace. But you're the only person I've ever seen refer to UCSD as "Cal San Diego".

There are reasons that formation doesn't stick. It's clumsy. I always have to stop & think about what you mean.

Are you referring to SDSU as "Cal-State San Diego" and dropping the "State" part?

Are you referring to the Catholic University of San Diego and adding the "Cal" to distinguish it from universities in other states? Similar to Loyola, MD.

These interpretations are admittedly awkward stretches. But no more so than referring to UCSD as "Cal-San Diego".

It's a free country. You can call UCSD whatever you want. And I usually figure out what you mean by context. I'm just saying, the phrasing is very hard to read. And I say that as someone with roots in CA. I can only imagine how much more awkward it reads for people out east. As if we started referring ECU as "UNC-Greenville".