IVIES...not IVYS

Applying to College
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Just something I’ve been noticing and after seeing the minuscule vs. miniscule thread, I’ve decided to take action…

When referring to multiple Ivy League Institutions, the correct term is Ivies not Ivys.

Please see any of the following:
<a href=“http://www.collegeconfidential.com/dean/archives/000047.htm[/url]”>http://www.collegeconfidential.com/dean/archives/000047.htm&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5626596/site/newsweek/[/url]”>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5626596/site/newsweek/&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://www.bates.edu/x34407.xml[/url]”>http://www.bates.edu/x34407.xml&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://planning.yahoo.com/c/pick5.html[/url]”>http://planning.yahoo.com/c/pick5.html&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=6681[/url]”>http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=6681&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=2004-04-30&section=2&id=3[/url]”>http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=2004-04-30&section=2&id=3&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“campus.phc.edu”>http://www.phc.edu/news/docs/010904Times.asp&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://www.harperacademic.com/catalog/excerpt_xml.asp?isbn=0060953624[/url]”>http://www.harperacademic.com/catalog/excerpt_xml.asp?isbn=0060953624&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://www.mycollegeguide.org/read/ivy.html[/url]”>http://www.mycollegeguide.org/read/ivy.html&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://www.nextstepmagazine.com/NSMPages/articledetails.aspx?articleid=1591[/url]”>http://www.nextstepmagazine.com/NSMPages/articledetails.aspx?articleid=1591&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://www.cornellsun.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/11/19/419d86fdd6ffa[/url]”>http://www.cornellsun.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/11/19/419d86fdd6ffa&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2004/11/08/news/11340.shtml[/url]”>http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2004/11/08/news/11340.shtml&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2004102901120[/url]”>http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2004102901120&lt;/a&gt;

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<p>good call…</p>

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<p>oh and cacti not catuses</p>

<p>;)</p>

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<p>elvises, NOT elvi!</p>

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<p>Mongooses, not mongeese.</p>

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<p>astrisks, not astrices.</p>

<p>ah okay whgatever</p>

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<p>obsessive compulsives, not obsessive compulsi.</p>

<p>take this as you please :)</p>

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<p>Ha ha! Thats funny! You guys are dumb! (Dumb in a playful way and not in a disrespecting way).</p>

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<p>WOW, you have to much free time on your hands.</p>

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<p>obsessive-compulsives, not obsessive compulsives.</p>

<p>take THAT as you please :)</p>

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<p>Attorneys General, not Attorney Generals</p>

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<p>geese, not gooses</p>

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<p>[asterisk](<a href=“http://www.asterisk.org%5Dasterisk%5B/url%5Ds”>http://www.asterisk.org)s</a> :)</p>

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<p>**** *!</p>

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<p>Not always:
From the Dartmouth Club site</p>

<p>20 (Mon): Monday Night Football w/ other Ivys at SportsClub/LA</p>

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<p>Sheep, not sheeps</p>

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<p>stadia not stadiums</p>

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<p>really! I didn’t know that. I thought stadia is a measurement of length(?).</p>

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<p>Moose not mooses or meese. Although it can be rather fun to say meese as long as people know you’re kidding.</p>

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<p>Okay, what’s the plural of a computer mouse? Mouses, mice? Computer mice or computers mice/mouses?</p>