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Re:UW Professor Achieves Breakthrough in Understanding Super... by tantalor on Thursday November 07, 2013 @10:19PM (#6694209)
Title should say "University of Wyoming", not "UW".

"UW" means "University of Washington".

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Re:UW Professor Achieves Breakthrough in Understanding Super... by aabalkan on Thursday November 07, 2013 @10:46PM (#6694310)
Their website also says UW. That surprised me as well. I didn't know another UW existed at all.
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Re:UW Professor Achieves Breakthrough in Understanding Super... by carterparks on Thursday November 07, 2013 @10:21PM (#6694219)
University of Wyoming is known as "UW" as well.
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Re:UW Professor Achieves Breakthrough in Understanding Super... by ZoF on Thursday November 07, 2013 @10:44PM (#6694307)
University of (Washington, Wyoming, Wisconsin, Waterloo)
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Re:UW Professor Achieves Breakthrough in Understanding Super... by akarpenko on Thursday November 07, 2013 @10:23PM (#6694224)
Or University of Waterloo
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Re:UW Professor Achieves Breakthrough in Understanding Super... by 011011100 on Friday November 08, 2013 @07:03AM (#6695625)
Who cares? Why does this matter at all? Are you seriously that confused over the abbreviation?
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Re:UW Professor Achieves Breakthrough in Understanding Super... by dekhn on Friday November 08, 2013 @09:59AM (#6696375)
When referring to Washington, it's pronounced "Yoo-dub".

When referring to Wyoming, it's pronounced "Uhhwh"

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