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by silisili 1695 days ago
All adjectives precede nouns in English. Brown the university is still an adjective in this sense.

There's really nothing to A/B test here. We, especially the media, don't refer to people as Brown the color.

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'Attorneys General' and 'Majors General' would indicate otherwise.

Also: president elect, poet laureate, devil incarnate, court martial, etc.

Fair examples. Every rule does have exceptions. But none that would make Brown in the title make one think it was a skin color because of English rules.