@psychothumbs to politics English • 9 hours agoThe Right-Wingification of UTwww.austinchronicle.commessage-square5arrow-up136arrow-down12cross-posted to: texasnews
arrow-up134arrow-down1external-linkThe Right-Wingification of UTwww.austinchronicle.com@psychothumbs to politics English • 9 hours agomessage-square5cross-posted to: texasnews
minus-square@chuckleslordlink8•4 hours agoI’m gonna say it. Maybe we don’t use the acronym for a state as the acronym for a public university unrelated to that state? Just saying. Just throwing it out there.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•59 minutes agoOr follow a general rule of always spelling out the name in the first usage and then using the abbreviation subsequently.
minus-square@AbidanYrelinkEnglish2•2 hours agoYeah, I was wondering when Utah wasn’t right-wingified.
minus-squareTheLowestStonelink1•3 hours agoUT is also the common abbreviation for for a newspaper in my area. My initial thought was, “Why do they even distribute in Texas?”
I’m gonna say it. Maybe we don’t use the acronym for a state as the acronym for a public university unrelated to that state? Just saying. Just throwing it out there.
Or follow a general rule of always spelling out the name in the first usage and then using the abbreviation subsequently.
I was wondering what happened with Unreal Tournament.
Yeah, I was wondering when Utah wasn’t right-wingified.
UT is also the common abbreviation for for a newspaper in my area. My initial thought was, “Why do they even distribute in Texas?”