Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site oddjob.UChicago.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!twitch!hocad!houxm!ihnp4!gargoyle!oddjob!matt From: matt@oddjob.UChicago.UUCP (Matt Crawford) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Please explain this Message-ID: <488@oddjob.UChicago.UUCP> Date: Thu, 18-Oct-84 00:54:59 EDT Article-I.D.: oddjob.488 Posted: Thu Oct 18 00:54:59 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Oct-84 08:12:10 EDT Reply-To: matt@oddjob.UUCP (Matt Crawford) Distribution: na Organization: U. Chicago: Astronomy & Astrophysics Lines: 8 I don't want to unintentionally offend anyone, so I ask for clarification of the following expression which I often see on the net. When somebody says that XYZ is "THE Indiana University", is this a compliment or an insult? _____________________________________________________ Matt THE University crawford@anl-mcs.arpa Crawford of Chicago ihnp4!oddjob!matt