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It'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 (Cant
by stordoff 9y ago
It'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.