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I've only ever heard Tab from students at Oxford referring to rivals (mostly sporting) from Cambridge. Not sure its common in other contexts though.
by bloat 9y ago
I'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.