question for our British members

[Vanessa]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Joywitch M. Curmudgeon" <joym999 at a...> 
wrote:
> Hello, friends across the pond.  I need some help.  (Well, everyone 
> knows that already, but I mean it in a different way.)  I am 
working 
> on an HP-related crossword puzzle for this week's contest, and 
there 
> is one clue that is driving me nuts.
> 
> I wound up with one word in the puzzle which doesn't really mean 
> anything.  Actually, I wound up with several words that don't mean 
> anything, but I managed to phony up a clue for most of them.  The 
> word is "UE."  I did come up with a clue for it, but it's not 
great.  
> Then, someone pointed out to me that UE could possibly be an 
> abbreviation for University of Exeter, which JK Rowling attended.  
> The question is, would anyone in Britian ever refer to the 
University 
> of Exeter as "UE"?  If I give as a clue "JKR's alma mater" will 
> anyone be able to figure out what I mean?
> 
> (Here in the US we almost always refer to schools by "particular" 
> nicknames.  For example, the University of California is always 
> called UCLA, but the University of California at Berkeley is NEVER 
> called UCB -- for some reason it's always refered to as "Cal.")
> 
> --Joywitch