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    Re: We got El A Tech'd again.

    Easy fix by updating the shorthand to "La Tech".
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    Re: We got El A Tech'd again.

    Tmac doesn't care.
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    Re: We got El A Tech'd again.

    Watching the UTEP game, it was cringing when they say L A Tech.
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    Re: We got El A Tech'd again.

    I just disagree that Louisiana Tech is a true shorthand. If Louisiana Polytechnic Institute was still our formal name, I could see how you can say that.

    Georgia Tech - Georgia Institute of...
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    Re: We got El A Tech'd again.

    Well okay... :icon_roll:
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    Re: We got El A Tech'd again.

    Actually, there are other institutions that pronounces their state names like UConn, UMass, Cal, Penn. I know folks here like to say that other Techs don't use Gah or Vah, well it doesn't roll off...
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    Re: We got El A Tech'd again.

    Nope, folks all over know us by that. Lah tech is the acceptable shorthand.
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    Re: We got El A Tech'd again.

    I prefer the "United States of America" not U.S.A., US, America, or 'Merica. :)

    Look, "Lah Tech" has been our shorthand for a few decades. I heard folks call it that since I was a little kid...
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    Re: We got El A Tech'd again.

    I don't get why the internet posters from ULM and ULL like using that. I've seen them call us uppity or snobs, but also rednecks? They need to look at themselves in the mirror, especially the ULL...
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    Re: We got El A Tech'd again.

    Must never been out of state. Folks call us Lah Tech (which is acceptable to me). They have seen our abbreviated name in publication or on TV as La Tech. I see where they get it. As for...
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    Re: We got El A Tech'd again.

    I got L A Tech'd at a gas station in Fayetteville. So annoying. Tech sports media or whoever is in charge needs to reevaluate this s***.
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