re: Does Auburn think it's name sounds "Ivy League"?

Wow. You seem emotional

Calm down there barner

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You love you some Auburn. Are you the bastard child of a former Aubie?

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Hmm. Not sure about the Aubie part

They let their emotions get the better of them. It's embarrassing

Look at the 2 aggie lovebirds, wouldn't it be easier to just talk to each other instead of laying in bed posting on here together?

Wow, you need to calm down

Ok princess

You are letting your emotions get to you right now

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Does Auburn think it's name sounds "Ivy League"?

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Only if they went with the actual correct O - BIRN pronunciation that is AW-BURN.

I address NYCAuburn again because I want everyone to see what an Auburn education gets you… but then again, why would you need to know how to use quotation marks if you are a day laborer on a cotton farm?

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NYCAuburn wrote:
I can’t believe you typed that and still think you are correct.

Let me ask this. When you put it into quotes, who were you quoting and what context did they use the word?

Answer that.

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Well, I cannot believe that a college man, even from fricking Auburn, knows nothing about the use of punctuation, quotation marks, and English grammer. NYCAuburn, are you from a foreign country? Did you study English as a second language? Do you read, or write? Here is a second grade level primer on the use of quotation marks for your enlightenment.

LINK

“We use quotation marks with direct quotes, with titles of certain works, to imply alternate meanings, and to write words as words.”


“Some writers put quotes around words they want to distance themselves from. Quotation marks used this way are commonly called scare quotes or shudder quotes. It’s a way of implying that you’re using a term in an unusual way or that you don’t necessarily approve of it:
[note: here is an example] This article was written by a “professional” writer.

I think we can all agree that using the word "auburn" to represent a so called "university" is peculiar at best. "Auburn" is a color, or commonly, the name of a stripper. And NYCAuburn exemplifies the level of "education" provided by that "university."