Everybody in Massachusetts refers to the University of
Massachusetts-Amherst simply as Umass.  Never Massachusetts.  Very
rarely do people say Umass-Amherst.  If you say Amherst by itself they
think you are referring to Amherst College.  But we do say Umass-Lowell,
Umass-Boston, and Umass-Dartmouth.

Besides dropping our R's, Massachusetts is big on abbreviations.  When
speaking we rarely say the full word if it's several syllables.  For
example, I live in Needham, Mass, not Needham, Massachusetts.  Other
examples:
	Comm Ave
	Mass Ave (nobody says avenue)
	BU
	BC
	JP (for Jamaica Plain)
	Mass Pike (never I-90)
	The Cape (which is not to be confused with Cape Ann) (why can't
we just say Cape Cod?)
	The T
	MIT
	UNH
	Uconn
	URI
	UVM
	Exceptions to the rule:  Northeastern, Washington Street

Of course Boston has a downtown, but it doesn't have an uptown or a
midtown.

That's it for me.  I'm off to the University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Minutemen versus the Boston University Terriers hockey game at Harry
Agganis Arena, located on Commonwealth Avenue.

  
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Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 5:15 PM
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Subject: Re: Dartmouth Official Apologizes for Inviting the 'Fighting
Sioux' to Tournament


On the same topic, has the term "Mass-Amherst" finally fallen into
disuse?