Well, but we Americans also say "where did you go to school?" meaning, in most adult contexts, what other English speakers mean when they say "where did you att

Well, but we Americans also say "where did you go to school?" meaning, in most adult contexts, what other English speakers mean when they say "where did you attend university?" I agree it's a weird synecdoche, although, English is full of them if you look. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synecdoche#Examples https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synecdoche#Examples