Tuesday, October 12, 2004
BUT, BUTT, BJUT
Our university's name "Beijing Polytechnic University" used to be
shortformed as BPU, or using pinyin BGD. That's why when I first
started our overseas alumni, I named BPUer, there is still a bpuer.com
there as official BPU alumni site.
However, sometime ago, who knows who in BPU thought the name BPU or
"Beijing Polytechnic University" isn't that appealing, and wanted to
change its name to something like "Beijing University of Technology".
Good! except its shortform is now, BUT! The minute I heard it, I
laughed badly, you can tell this guy didn't pay enough attention, or
didn't know what the word 'butt' mean.
Latest news says, they are thinking of using "BJUT", or "BUOT", I
don't know, maybe BJUT sounds better?
shortformed as BPU, or using pinyin BGD. That's why when I first
started our overseas alumni, I named BPUer, there is still a bpuer.com
there as official BPU alumni site.
However, sometime ago, who knows who in BPU thought the name BPU or
"Beijing Polytechnic University" isn't that appealing, and wanted to
change its name to something like "Beijing University of Technology".
Good! except its shortform is now, BUT! The minute I heard it, I
laughed badly, you can tell this guy didn't pay enough attention, or
didn't know what the word 'butt' mean.
Latest news says, they are thinking of using "BJUT", or "BUOT", I
don't know, maybe BJUT sounds better?
