north-of-anything
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I mean, I'd rather it be "TMU" than "Toronto Metropolitan University".
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T3G
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How is a visitor to the city supposed to know what TMU stands for?
PL1
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I'm sure the station will have TMU in large letters and Toronto Metropolitan University in smaller letters underneath.
Visitors don't care what a station name means. Go to Athens. Do you care what the station names mean?
Visitors don't care what a station name means. Go to Athens. Do you care what the station names mean?
transitthinker
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On maps the station is being named TMU not Toronto Metropolitan University
T3G
Senior Member
I won't know what the etymology is of a random street, but I would concern myself with the names of institutions that are reflected in station names, lest that should be somewhere I need to go...
So if I was in Prague, and I needed to get to hlavní nádraží (main railway station), but some genius shortened the official station name to HN, then that would be a problem. There's no need for this. Vaughan Metropolitan Centre and York University get full station names, why would TMU be different?
kotsy
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Neither of these ever use acronyms, but York U is a thing. I see TMU often in banner usage around campus. U of T is probably used way more often than University of Toronto.
Toronto Metropolitan University is a mouth full and I'm glad they're using the acronym. Vaughn should've been Vaughan Centre. Adding 'Metropolitan' was completely unnecessary.
81-717
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Or they should've just kept the original simple name (Ryerson) rather than doing all this renaming circus...
T3G
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Sure, but this isn't about what is used as common slang. It's used in an official capacity. A station called U of T would be equally unprofessional and silly.
kotsy
Senior Member
Agree to disagree then. Some companies just lean heavily into acronyms because it's easier for everyone involved. Even in an official capacity.
Take a look at most of our big banks: CIBC, BMO, RBC. They very rarely use their long form names. A similar use case is when they sponsor a venue name. It's not Royal Bank of Canada Amphitheatre. it's just RBC Amphitheatre. It's not Bank of Montreal Field, It's BMO Field. I don't see why this station should be any different. Not having to hear that 10 extra syllables from those horrible robot announcements 4 times each train ride is a goddamn blessing.
Mihairokov
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KhalilHeron
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nfitz
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Mihairokov
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World's busiest system isn't worried with how things are named:
AlvinofDiaspar
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DSCToronto
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Some people around here seem to be easily confused or think others will be. If you go to New York City (aka NYC) you may see signage for WTC or World Trade Center - many of us may know it as the World Trade Centre but I doubt most will be confused by acronynms or US (that's United States) spelling.