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by next_xibalba 159 days ago
No one in Texas calls it “TU”. Rather, UT.
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huhkerrf 159 days ago
Context clues matter--note that we're both talking about Aggies and that tu is lower-cased.

They do that to imply that "varsity" is not the University _of_ Texas.

As with lots of things coming from College Station, you just sort of have to accept it.

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next_xibalba 159 days ago
I live 45 minutes from A&M. I’ll repeat myself. No one in Texas calls it tu. ;)

There may be some disenfranchised barbarians out in the wilderness that do. But likely only due to their extremely tenuous grasp of the fundamentals of English. Primarily they communicate through grunts and hand signs.

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huhkerrf 159 days ago
I'm not sure why you insist on doubling down. It's not hard to find info about it: https://www.reddit.com/r/aggies/comments/v54bu/why_do_you_sa...

Hell, it's on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_University

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next_xibalba 158 days ago
> Texas A&M

> There may be some disenfranchised barbarians out in the wilderness that do. But likely only due to their extremely tenuous grasp of the fundamentals of English. Primarily they communicate through grunts and hand signs.

;)

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throw2312321 159 days ago
"tu" is a term of disrespect used by the students at Texas A&M University (Aggies).

A&M is the other very large public university system in Texas. So there is a small intra-state rivalry there.

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