College Name Mistakes... looking to fix on Wikipedia

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by honeychile

FYI, the reason was Pittsburgh, PA has the H at the end is a tribute to the predominately Scots-Irish heritage of the founders. In the late 1800's, the post office tried to turn all city names ending in -burgh into the more Germanic -burg, and Pittsburgh, PA went along for a few years. Then those wild and crazy Scots-Irish got all feisty and demanded that they get their H back.

Of course, the Scots would have pronounced -burgh as "bərə/boro," not "burg."

[naraht]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Of course, the Scots would have pronounced -burgh as "bərə/boro," not "burg."

I'd love to hear *that* in the pronounciation of Pittsburgh.

And you are right on UNCC in terms of marking the formal abbreviation.