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Related: The demonym for Oxford is Oxonian, and the demonym for Cambridge is Cantabrigian (often shortened to "Cantab" or simply "Tab"). Bot demonyms are based
by cperciva 9y ago
Related: The demonym for Oxford is Oxonian, and the demonym for Cambridge is Cantabrigian (often shortened to "Cantab" or simply "Tab"). Bot demonyms are based on the Latin names: Oxonia and Cantabrigia respectively.
- bloat 9y agoI've only ever heard Tab from students at Oxford referring to rivals (mostly sporting) from Cambridge. Not sure its common in other contexts though.
- cperciva 9y agoThey're all used primarily to refer to members of the universities, but at least occasionally they're used to refer to residents of the towns as well.
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- stordoff 9y agoIt's definitely used in other contexts. The main two that come to mind are the alumni email service (...@cantab.net) and the Cambridge MA (shortened to MA (Cantab.)). I do occasionally hear it mispronounced as "Cantabridgarian".
- bitwize 9y agoThere's a bar in Cambridge, MA called The Cantabridgian. Also in the 80s there was a small computer company based in Cambridge, England called Jupiter Cantab. They made the Jupiter Ace computer, a semi-clone of the ZX81 with Forth in ROM instead of BASIC.
- philipps 9y agoI am familiar with the Cantab Lounge, but not the Cantabridgian.
- bloat 9y agoCantab sure... I was talking about "Tab" specfically though.
- fanf2 9y ago"Tab" got adopted by the new-ish tabloid student newspaper The Tab (nice double meaning) which since opened several franchises in other universities.