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Unrelated to the content: The chemists are from UNC and the article writer from NC State University. Is it common to just use just "Carolina" when referring to
by whycome 3y ago
Unrelated to the content:
The chemists are from UNC and the article writer from NC State University.
Is it common to just use just "Carolina" when referring to locals instead of "North Carolina" (to differentiate from the South)?
- woodruffw 3y agoI've spent a decent amount of time in NC (and a little bit of time in SC), and I've never heard of "Carolina" as a generic term for just NC. The closest I've heard is "the Carolinas" for both NC and SC.
- giraffe_lady 3y agoUsed that way Carolina refers to UNC chapel hill, not north carolina the state. It's an extremely common local usage when talking about the university sports teams. It's less pervasive but still very common for referring to the university itself.
- whycome 3y agoDoes this cause any kind of conflict with South Carolinians?
- DiggyJohnson 3y agoYes. South Carolina is the only state in the country where “Carolina” isn’t synonymous with “UNC”. It conflicts with the University of South Carolina. Which also has the issue of having the less popular side of the overlapping acronym with University of Southern California (USC). Go Cocks!
- woodrowbarlow 3y agocultural counterpoint: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_in_My_Mind https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_in_My_Mind
- School-Cotton 3y agoThere is also the Carolina Panthers.
- patwolf 3y agoIn the case of the Panthers "Carolina" refers to both states, which is why the logo is the combined outline of North Carolina and South Carolina. Seems like a smart way to lay a claim to a bigger market rather than being tied to a specific city or state.
- samch 3y agoCarolina, in this case, refers to the name of the institution. This is likely based on its history. UNC-Chapel Hill used to be the only public institution of higher education in the southeastern US. Over time, UNC evolved to become the name of the system of schools that includes UNC-CH, NCSU, and 15 other campuses. To this day, however, UNC-CH is still often referred to as Carolina, UNC, Chapel Hill, or - for athletics - the Tar Heels.
- whycome 3y agoThanks for this. I went through the article again and it doesn't even hint at that usage. I suppose it's a bit like "America" coming to mean just one country.
- woodrowbarlow 3y agoto be clear, the connection is more than colloquial. NCSU and the others you mention are formally "constituent institutions" under "the UNC system" (although this comes as a surprise to most NCSU students). https://catalog.unc.edu/about/unc-system/ https://catalog.unc.edu/about/unc-system/
- skrbjc 3y agoKinda like how UC-Berkeley refers to itself as "California" or just "Cal"
- quartz 3y agoI grew up in Chapel Hill and yes UNC Chapel Hill refers to itself as "Carolina" (in sports [1], research [2], and name [3]). It's less commonly recognized outside the state... I live in NYC now and often have to catch myself when I say something like "I'm headed back to visit a friend at Carolina" since it almost always results in "oh? which one?" [1] https://shop.goheels.com/mens-fanatics-branded-black-north-carolina-tar-heels-lockup-team-pullover-hoodie/p-38667632487041+z-9735-564391958 https://shop.goheels.com/mens-fanatics-branded-black-north-c... [2] https://research.unc.edu/?s=Carolina https://research.unc.edu/?s=Carolina [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwi4dIT-jIY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwi4dIT-jIY