I must be REALLY old. I just call it Maine.

John Russell Lombard wrote:

> almost if not all of the students who go there that I know of call it
> UMaine, as well as my friends out here, when we go to discuss who played
> over the weekend they always ask "how did UMaine do?" I can't think of
> anyone besides maybe my mom (who was there in the 70's) who still calls it
> UMO...and she only does sparingly
>
> -Russ Lombard
>
>
>> From: "Chesley, Clair" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Reply-To: The Maine Hockey Discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Official Maine colors
>> Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 18:17:48 -0500
>>
>> My daughter who now goes to Maine calls it UMaine which is think is the
>> currently accepted name by students at least.  I still go by UMO as I did
>> when I was there many moons ago.  Although a friend who also went there
>> calls it U M Zero, (in a loving sort of way.)
>>
>> Clair
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: james acheson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 6:13 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Official Maine colors
>>
>> I ws there when the DAILY Maine Campus was trying to come up with a
>> name to
>> replace UMO... Univeristy of Maine near Vesazie sticks out in my mind as
>> the
>> best alternative... heh
>>
>>
>>
>> Aaron Hermes <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> In a message dated 11/3/2003 1:14:29 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>> [log in to unmask] writes:
>>
>>
>>
>> The original official Maine colors (no, I will not be forced to call the
>> place "UMaine", which is entirely too "cutesy" for my tastes and my
>> history
>> with the university!)
>>
>>
>>
>> I don't think "Maine" is a problem... It still just irks me a bit
>> when it's
>> "UMO."  In fact, I believe "Maine" may be preferred...
>>
>> Then again, I'm a recent grad, who wasn't there during the "UMO" era (of
>> course, the REAL UMO era ended about 12 years before most people
>> thought it
>> did...).
>>
>> aaron
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