<p>The title of this thread “Ignorant Tech” implies that you feel that the schools are ignorantly using the term “tech” in their names to make the schools sound like better schools (you actually SAID that in your first post). </p>
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<p>I’m willing to let this one go. We’ll just have to agree to disagree. I’m afraid I didn’t see the “humor” in your post.</p>
<p>Mantori.suzuki, it may be a language thing, but you don’t sound like you’re trying to be funny, it sounds like you are deliberately insulting two fine universities for no reason other than malice.</p>
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LOL- I think you have too much time on your hands!! Schools have used in their names various forms of the word “tech” which is the root (not really a word) in technology, technological, technical, polytech etc etc… as you obviously know. So, officially, the only “stupid” school is Texas Tech, which had a non-real word in its name. Schools names get abbreviated all the time, or they get called something shortened … like “Missou”, or they get called by the letters in their name (eg UCLA). There are schools whose names routinely get messed with, like Ball State University (I had a friend who had a Ball U t-shirt-- that still cracks me up) Now… if only there really <em>was</em> a Sam Houston Institute of Technology… that makes me smile too…</p>
<p>I think it is more an informal style, rather than stupid. As in being country when country wasnt cool. As in my brother who doesnt wear a tie to work, and bought his first suit in 15 years for his company’s road show.</p>
<p>It’s true that I have too much time on my hands! 
And, of course, if I thought this was a really important topic that had to be settled definitively, I would have posted it in another forum. But here it is in Parents Cafe, where we can kick around our opinions about silly things without being taken too seriously. (Right?)</p>
<p>I kind of agree with Mantori. As far as I know, “tech” isn’t an actual word - it’s like changing the actual, legal, official name of Rhode Island School of Design to “Rhode Island Dez.” Most people probably don’t know that Georgia Tech isn’t that school’s real name, but on its stationary, the words “Georgia Institute of Technology” are lightly outlined, with the letters that spell “Georgia Tech” shaded in. That strikes me as a fairly elegant approach to marketing the name by which the public knows it.</p>
<p>Hey, thumper1, nice job with the selective quoting there. You conveniently omitted the “as though” that preceded the passage you quoted above. And as all native speakers of English understand, “as though” means something similar to “seems” or “could be” or “strikes me as” or something similarly speculative.</p>
<p>The skin on Bruce Jenner’s face looks tight, as though he has had a facelift.</p>
<p>Q: Did I just say that Bruce Jenner has had a facelift?
A: No, I did not.</p>
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<p>There is the whole paragraph. It still sounds the same to me…insulting…not funny. For anyone interested in reading the whole post, it is number 1 on this thread. I don’t want to have anyone think that I’m quoting out of context.</p>
<p>Its “as though” this really matters??? LOL :D</p>
<p>And what about places like “ITT Tech”. Who/what is that place?</p>
<p>Man, every time I think that CC has reached a new level of strange threads . . .</p>
<p>And for my part, I will own up to the fact that the title of this thread sounds way harsh. I really should not have started right off with a title that sounds so judgmental. My point seems to have gotten lost due to my careless use of strong words.</p>
<p>Mantori…and perhaps I was more sensitive to the perceived criticisms of these schools. Let’s let this one go!!</p>
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<p>Main Entry:1tech
Pronunciation: ˈtek\
Function:noun
Date:1942
: technician <lab techs=“”> <a computer=“” tech=“”></a></lab></p><a computer=“” tech=“”>
<p>Main Entry:2tech
Function:noun
Usage:often attributive
Date:1972
: technology <the triumph=“” of=“” tech…is=“” far=“” from=“” complete=“” —=“” newsweek=“”></the></p>
<p>Main Entry:3tech
Function:abbreviation
1 technical; technically
2 technological</p>
</a><p><a computer=“” tech=“”>[tech[1</a>] - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary](</a><a href=“http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tech[1]]tech[1”>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tech[1])</p>
<p>^^ tech is essentially short for technician, per that definition. I looked it up too, b4 I posted my previous post</p>
<p>… orrrrrr it could be a confused shorthand reference to tachyon?</p>
<p>Sorry it just hit me and I had to share.</p>