But why not both?
Nah. I mean, Hillsdale does well in the USNWR rankings, for starters. [cue sad trombones]
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Editing: Disregard, because I had my schools confused. I need to slow my roll and rethink my response!
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Do you mean New College of Florida, which is not the same as New School (which is in New York)?
Oh, man … yes! Boy, I can’t multitask today, because my brain is clearly on overload. Thanks!!
Oh funny! I also read the previous post as new college (when it clearly says new school) b/c my friends are still in litigation with New College about their scholarship.
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I just got an email about Willamette and Pacific University merging.
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That seems like pretty big regional news!
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There has to be a save. Will be interesting to see the logistics,..who’s in charge, how it works out etc
“University of the Northwest” will be a lot easier for non-locals to pronounce than “Willamette,” at any rate.
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It almost seems like they’re trying to make the U. of the Northwest like Oxford or something where the individual colleges accept a student, but, at least among the uninformed, the school is known more by its larger/global name.
How is it pronounced? I assumed it was Will - a - met (short a, not long a), but your statement makes me think otherwise.
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I grew up in Portland and I say “wi - LAM - et” but I could be wrong about how the university pronounces it 
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Yep, emphasis on the second syllable, often explained as rhyming with “dammit.”
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That’s always how I’ve pronounced it.
[wɪˈlæ.mət], for the nerds.
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Was his for what I assumed was the pronunciation, or for what tamagotchi, aquapt, and sbinaz are indicating is the pronunciation? I’ve never been a big fan of phonetics (or would this be considered phonology?).
I wonder if this is a situation where there are various regional pronunciations. The town where U. of Louisiana is located is often called Lafayette [la fy et]…with the fy sounding like “fly” without an “l” by people who look at the name or know who it was named after, but many locals pronounce it La-fee-ette (as though it was Lafiyette). I know Louisville is another town that has a gazillion pronunciations, depending on where one is from in the area.
Regardless, however, @aquapt’s point is well made that I never would have guessed the pronunciation that people who are more familiar with the university use!
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I say Leba - non Tennessee and they always correct me - Leba-nin. Rednecks Home of Cumberland U
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I think the correct pronunciation of Willamette is consistent - based on the Anglicized version of the indigenous name of the Willamette River, which runs through Portland, Salem, Eugene, and Corvallis. It just gets mispronounced a lot - understandably - by the uninitiated!
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As does Oregon!
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Folks who drink Pinot Noir from that region have been taught to say “it’s from willamette, dammit”
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Basic Instructions offered a tutorial for us all a while back!
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