[OT] university naming

jeffpan · 22 Sep 2024, 06:27 AM

Sorry this is not related to email directly.

About university in a city, why some names are like "university of washington", and others are like "boston university"?

What I think is that the naming of local universities should have a unified format.

And I noticed that not all university domains are ending with "edu.xx" or "ac.xx".

For example. universities in canada have this form of domain: utoronto.ca
germany universities have this form of domain: uni-hamburg.de

Though most universities around the world have a edu/ac domain, like cornell.edu or cam.ac.uk etc.

Thank you for clarifying it.

pjroutledge · 22 Sep 2024, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by jeffpan

About university in a city, why some names are like "university of washington", and others are like "boston university"?

English is a very flexible language. Both ways are equally acceptable and a matter of choice.

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Originally Posted by jeffpan

And I noticed that not all university domains are ending with "edu.xx" or "ac.xx".

Rules are made to be broken.

n5bb · 22 Sep 2024, 01:17 PM

I think that discussion belongs in the Off-Topic Lounge. This is the Email Comments, Questions, and Miscellanous subforum, but the topic has nothing to do with email.

I don?t understand why you are so bothered about how certain organizations (such as universities) are named. I live in the US in a suburb of Dallas, TX.

The University of Texas at Dallas campus is not located in Dallas, but in the city of Richardson, a suburb of Dallas.
The North Lake campus of Dallas College is in Irving, over 5 miles from the North Lake lake, which is in Dallas but surrounded by two other cities..
The University of Dallas (a private university) is located in the city of Irving.

Bill

Bamb0 · 23 Sep 2024, 09:30 AM

I dont think there is really any OFFICIAL way for them to be listed...... This is the internet..... Any address can be assigned to anything...

SideshowBob · 25 Sep 2024, 02:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeffpan

And I noticed that not all university domains are ending with "edu.xx" or "ac.xx".

For example. universities in canada have this form of domain: utoronto.ca
germany universities have this form of domain: uni-hamburg.de
.

Some national TLDs went with a flat namespace and others hierarchical.

22 Sep 2024, 06:27 AM	#1
jeffpan The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Macao Posts: 2,273 Representative of: tls-mail.com	[OT] university naming Sorry this is not related to email directly. About university in a city, why some names are like "university of washington", and others are like "boston university"? What I think is that the naming of local universities should have a unified format. And I noticed that not all university domains are ending with "edu.xx" or "ac.xx". For example. universities in canada have this form of domain: utoronto.ca germany universities have this form of domain: uni-hamburg.de Though most universities around the world have a edu/ac domain, like cornell.edu or cam.ac.uk etc. Thank you for clarifying it.

22 Sep 2024, 01:17 PM	#3
n5bb Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: May 2004 Location: Irving, Texas Posts: 8,965	I think that discussion belongs in the Off-Topic Lounge. This is the Email Comments, Questions, and Miscellanous subforum, but the topic has nothing to do with email. I don?t understand why you are so bothered about how certain organizations (such as universities) are named. I live in the US in a suburb of Dallas, TX. The University of Texas at Dallas campus is not located in Dallas, but in the city of Richardson, a suburb of Dallas. The North Lake campus of Dallas College is in Irving, over 5 miles from the North Lake lake, which is in Dallas but surrounded by two other cities.. The University of Dallas (a private university) is located in the city of Irving. Bill

23 Sep 2024, 09:30 AM	#4
Bamb0 Master of the @ Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: USA Posts: 1,979	I dont think there is really any OFFICIAL way for them to be listed...... This is the internet..... Any address can be assigned to anything... Last edited by Bamb0 : 26 Sep 2024 at 12:23 PM.