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i hope anyone that has a college degree (or at very least has been to college) knows how to spell Wisconsin, Minnesota and Rhode Island are are able to locate not only Tennessee on a map but every other state as well
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(08-20-2013 09:50 PM)gosports1 Wrote:  i hope anyone that has a college degree (or at very least has been to college) knows how to spell Wisconsin, Minnesota and Rhode Island are are able to locate not only Tennessee on a map but every other state as well

yeah cuz only people with college degrees watch sports
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As others have pointed out, "Minny" just sounds stupid.

Sometimes refer to it as "Sconnie" to irritate my Wisconsin friends.

I figure both are like saying "Frisco" to a Bay Area native.
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(08-20-2013 09:53 PM)john01992 Wrote:  
(08-20-2013 09:50 PM)gosports1 Wrote:  i hope anyone that has a college degree (or at very least has been to college) knows how to spell Wisconsin, Minnesota and Rhode Island are are able to locate not only Tennessee on a map but every other state as well

yeah cuz only people with college degrees watch sports

Let me restate that. Anyone with a HIGH school degree or better has complered 5th grade should be able to spell Minnesota and find tennessee on a map
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(08-21-2013 07:02 AM)gosports1 Wrote:  
(08-20-2013 09:53 PM)john01992 Wrote:  
(08-20-2013 09:50 PM)gosports1 Wrote:  i hope anyone that has a college degree (or at very least has been to college) knows how to spell Wisconsin, Minnesota and Rhode Island are are able to locate not only Tennessee on a map but every other state as well

yeah cuz only people with college degrees watch sports

Let me restate that. Anyone with a HIGH school degree or better has complered 5th grade should be able to spell Minnesota and find tennessee on a map

There are a ton of ignorant people who can't do either. In 4th grade I memorized every state capital and knew where all of the states were located. Not hard.
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If I had dollar for every time Cincinnati was misspelled I would be a very, very rich man.
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All of the Wisconsin state schools are "UW-Name" and often shortened to just the name. UW-Milwaukee is Milwaukee. UW-Green Bay is Green Bay. Just refer to UW-Madison as Madison. They love that.
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The official branding monikers usually don't come from wanting to shorten the name for speaking or spelling purposes as much as what informal nicknames are already in place and then taking advantage of those nicknames for branding purposes.
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(08-20-2013 04:19 PM)john01992 Wrote:  i dont think southerners know how to spell rhode island

And it's evident that you don't know how to utilize the basics of capitalization or punctuation.
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(08-21-2013 08:44 AM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  
(08-21-2013 07:02 AM)gosports1 Wrote:  
(08-20-2013 09:53 PM)john01992 Wrote:  
(08-20-2013 09:50 PM)gosports1 Wrote:  i hope anyone that has a college degree (or at very least has been to college) knows how to spell Wisconsin, Minnesota and Rhode Island are are able to locate not only Tennessee on a map but every other state as well

yeah cuz only people with college degrees watch sports

Let me restate that. Anyone with a HIGH school degree or better has complered 5th grade should be able to spell Minnesota and find tennessee on a map

There are a ton of ignorant people who can't do either. In 4th grade I memorized every state capital and knew where all of the states were located. Not hard.

That's true. Its kind of sad. By the time I was in the 3rd or 4th grade I could name every state by its shape (including Colorado and Wyoming) recite them in the order they entered the union and put a puzzle together with my eyes closed.
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Sweat to God that is state law,


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