Big 3: Nicest Sounding Name?

[MISin08]

Since I made the SNL comment, I'll say I hope I didn't send this thread into the ditch. Off-topic is OK IMHO (wasn't a serious one anyway) but it's all been pretty fun and entertaining (I think?).

PonyGirl: "Cheesy" +2

Phillip

[motuterry]

This is pretty much what I have been trying to say the entire time, good work.

As for the New York bashing that came from me going completely off topic after reading the SNL comments and the Excelsior explanations. As for 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina those were national tragedies. The attacks were not a personal shot at NYC but America as a whole. Those are beyond the scope of this thread.

I visited some of my wife's family in "upstate" New York and while I agree it was rural you can't deny that NY is a blue state through and through. I couldn't order sweet tea in any of the restaurants but that's a personal complaint. Maybe that is where my dislike for NY comes in. Second digression: what the heck is "upstate" anyway? In my experience that means any place that isn't NYC. Is that true? No one ever says upstate California or upstate Florida. Weird. I did get the opportunity to meet some New York rednecks. Ever met a redneck with a New York accent? Hard not to smile, lol!

I grew up in Texas, the greatest nation on earth, so I'm inclined to not like any state. Don't take it personally.

Texas is indeed the greatest "nation" in the country. Have family in Houston. Upstate is a general term for those trying to define separation from NYC. Those of us in "Upstate" use other descriptions such as Northern NY, Central NY, or Western NY, and downstate. Often when I travel I find it necessary to explain that I am not from NYC, hence "Upstate". The term isn't needed in any other state. If you were from Florida, no one is going to automatically assume you are from Miami. As far as the state being blue through and through, that is just not the case. NYC is blue. Albany is 1/2 blue, and the rest of the state, in my view, leans red.

I understand the gripe with sweet tea. When I moved south, I wasn't particularly pleased with the fact that there were no Itailian restaurants. Despite that, I still love the south.

Now back to the point of the thread. Thomas Edison is a fine sounding name. I can't find fault with Charter Oak either. Excelsior sounds like a bad tasting medicine. Yale sounds like a drunk slurring his words while ordering another beer. All sound legit to me, and that was my point. Regardless of the name, I picked the school that best met my needs.

On an aside, I'm sure you'll be pleased to know Thoms Edison is 1 hour away from that bastion of liberal thinking that you expressed so much love for. Excelsior is 3 hours from NYC.

[motuterry]

Since I made the SNL comment, I'll say I hope I didn't send this thread into the ditch. Off-topic is OK IMHO (wasn't a serious one anyway) but it's all been pretty fun and entertaining (I think?).

PonyGirl: "Cheesy" +2

Phillip

I never quite got the whole SNL deal. Just my opinion, but I think you have to be smoking something to find most of it funny.

[Maniac Craniac]

I never quite got the whole SNL deal. Just my opinion, but I think you have to be smoking something to find most of it funny.

SNL used to be funny, but in recent years, what was one humor has now been replaced by gay jokes and heads blowing up. Seriously. That's not a pun or anything, that is exactly what they have replaced their humor with. banghead

[blu2blu]

SNL used to be funny, but in recent years, what was one humor has now been replaced by gay jokes and heads blowing up. Seriously. That's not a pun or anything, that is exactly what they have replaced their humor with. banghead

True fact.

And I concur completely about picking a school that meets your needs regardless of its name.

I chose to go for the TESC BA/LS rather than the EC BS/LS mostly because I was already enrolled. Racking up 60 credits of general ed takes some time and it sure would have been nice to use 60 free electives (I have over 100 via Military training) as opposed to TESC's max of 27. It is very nice only having to gather up 18 UL credits though.

[MISin08]

If you were going to open an "assessment college" like the Big 3, what would you name it?

Phillip

[Maniac Craniac]

If you were going to open an "assessment college" like the Big 3, what would you name it?

University of Crania Mania

[PonyGirl93]

University of Crania Mania

+5

too short

[MISin08]

University of Crania Mania

Great! Then we could start endless "has anyone ever heard of this school?" threads about it over at DI...

...and people would ask "MUST we keep discussing this school?"

Phillip

[jackzack87]

This is pretty much what I have been trying to say the entire time, good work.

As for the New York bashing that came from me going completely off topic after reading the SNL comments and the Excelsior explanations. As for 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina those were national tragedies. The attacks were not a personal shot at NYC but America as a whole. Those are beyond the scope of this thread.

I visited some of my wife's family in "upstate" New York and while I agree it was rural you can't deny that NY is a blue state through and through. I couldn't order sweet tea in any of the restaurants but that's a personal complaint. Maybe that is where my dislike for NY comes in. Second digression: what the heck is "upstate" anyway? In my experience that means any place that isn't NYC. Is that true? No one ever says upstate California or upstate Florida. Weird. I did get the opportunity to meet some New York rednecks. Ever met a redneck with a New York accent? Hard not to smile, lol!

I grew up in Texas, the greatest nation on earth, so I'm inclined to not like any state. Don't take it personally.

Buffalo, a part of western NY, as we call it is a reference point to distinguish from Upstate NY, which you are correct in assuming it means "not NYC". Western NY is also, therefore, part of Upstate NY. When someone in the state of NY says "I'm from NY", they mean NYC. While we are generally "blue" by population, Upstate is far more conservative than NYC.
Sadly we do have a collection of rednecks, and they mostly congregate in Southern-tier, which is the southern, rural regions of Upstate NY. However, we have far less than the state of Texas, where from my travels chick-fil-a, or anything deep fried in grease and salt was deemed a delicacy.

I was going ask you where you learned how to spell, being from Texas and all, but I'll try to be kind...