June's OT Board Dictionary Launched (was Brittspeak)

[KathyK]

Jen Reese:

> Middle School: Grades 6 (or 7)-8th grade<

KathyK adds:
This can also been referred to as junior high school, although I 
think that term is on its way out.  But I definitely went to Dodd 
Jr. High Scool rather than Dodd Middle School as the sign now 
proclaims.  
  
Jen Reese:
>Then we have 4-year Colleges and Universities, but I can't remember 
the distinction between the two--Is a College one where you can only 
get a 4-year degree; and a University one where you can also get 
Graduate degrees?<

KathyK:
That's my understanding of it, too.  But whether one attends a 
college or university, it's usually referred to by the students 
as "going to college" rather than "going to university."  

The only time it ever made a bit of difference to anyone at my 
university was when our president referred to it as a college rather 
than a university when welcoming President Bush there a few years 
back.  I think we found it annoying that our own school president 
couldn't get our name right.  Don't know why...Of course our 
president was a very interesting character.  He really liked to get 
right in there and do things like *shudder* conduct our chorus 
concerts or play a victim in EMT training classes.  Oops, tangent.

KathyK