I.T colleges that rearrange the letters

veryangryman

Inspired by the thread on funny place names, is it a coincidence that tralee and Galway rearrange the letters to not sound rude. GMIT and the epic ITT specifically

veryangryman

veryangryman wrote: »

Inspired by the thread on funny place names, is it a coincidence that tralee and Galway rearrange the letters to not sound rude. GMIT and the epic ITT specifically

It never stopped Springfield heights

Timberrrrrrrr

Because Tallaght institute of technology would be T.I.T

mikemac1

GMIT was the RTC before it changed names.

Get an old skool taximan in Galway and ask for GMIT and he'll call it the RTC

Mayo as they have a campus in Castlebar

Whatcha on about OP?

Not an IT, but...BAAPS

Are Tallaght and Tralee both ITT?

Mal-Adjusted

I don't get the Galway one. It's the Galway Mayo institute of technology. where's the rudeness?

YFlyer

mikemac1 wrote: »

GMIT was the RTC before it changed names.

Get an old skool taximan in Galway and ask for GMIT and he'll call it the RTC

Mayo as they have a campus in Castlebar

Whatcha on about OP?

LIT in Limerick was an RTC and before that a CoACT.

dxhound2005

veryangryman wrote: »

Inspired by the thread on funny place names, is it a coincidence that tralee and Galway rearrange the letters to not sound rude. GMIT and the epic ITT specifically

I think you're making up the ITT one.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=28

YFlyer

Don't forget Shligo Institute of Technology.

Buona Fortuna

Mal-Adjusted wrote: »

I don't get the Galway one. It's the Galway Mayo institute of technology. where's the rudeness?

Thanks I thought I was just being obtuse

Shrap

dxhound2005 wrote: »

I think you're making up the ITT one.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=28

Why?! It clearly says I.T. Tralee? Should say T.I.T., but doesn't. My eldest hoping to go to TIT next year....perhaps the name factored into his college choices now I think about it...

Geniass

Buona Fortuna wrote: »

Thanks I thought I was just being obtuse

GIT!

Before they stuck the M in.

Very English saying. Think Delboy.

errlloyd

With IT Tallaghts current desperate "I did it *wink*" innuendo ad campaign, I don't see why they don't just rename to TIT

Rumple Fugly

Sligo Higher Institute of Technology

dxhound2005

Shrap wrote: »

Why?! It clearly says I.T. Tralee? Should say T.I.T., but doesn't. My eldest hoping to go to TIT next year....perhaps the name factored into his college choices now I think about it...

Dundalk IT abbreviation is DKIT. What does the K stand for. Or the Y in LYIT? Using this system Tralee could be TEIT.

Buona Fortuna

Geniass wrote: »

GIT!

Before they stuck the M in.

Very English saying. Think Delboy.

Thanks I know Git, but isn't it Galway & Mayo IT?

Shrap

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Dundalk IT abbreviation is DKIT. What does the K stand for. Or the Y in LYIT? Using this system Tralee could be TRIT.

Oh right. See what you mean now - yeah, they could have just called it T.R.I.T. or something.

Geniass

Buona Fortuna wrote: »

Thanks I know Git, but isn't it Galway & Mayo IT?

It is now

brianclown

Geniass wrote: »

GIT!

Before they stuck the M in.

Very English saying. Think Delboy.

Or MGIT (Mid-get)

Un Croissant

I had planned on going to the City of Limericks Insitite of Technology. Can never find the damn place.

ollaetta

YFlyer wrote: »

LIT in Limerick was an RTC and before that a CoACT.

If it ever extended to cover Clare & Limerick it might have to be a girls only college as fellas mightn't be able to find it.


Edit: @Un Croissant. Great minds and in exactly the same minute too!!

Buona Fortuna

Geniass wrote: »

It is now

OK, so you're alluding to a time in folklore where it "should" have been called GIT but wasn't?

If they're that sensitive GTI would seem to not be ground breaking.

thee glitz

NUIM changed their name for no good reason I can tell but they really did have to change the name of the
DIPloma in Software, Hardware & IT.

Super-Rush

Is git a rude word?

skittles8710

Tralee was an RTC too. They had a temporary sign with TraLee institute of technology on the front of the campus for a few months after the changeover.. They soon realised the unintentional comedic value and rearranged to ITT

Lapin

I remember a similar conversation not long after the DART began operating in Dublin.

Ould wans in shops asking each other if it was built in Cork would they call it the CART?

And what if they built it in Fermanagh?

Oh how they laughed themselves silly at that one before saying 'oh lord help us,'

I think I was about five at the time.

efb

Poor lot Cavan/Leitrim RTC never got upgraded

Lapin

Super-Rush wrote: »

Is git a rude word?

No.

But who wants to hang a framed diploma on the wall with the letters G I T spelled out in large capital letters above their name?

Muahahaha

DART stands for Dublin Area Rapid Transit. Growing up I always hoped Fermanagh would get their own version

vienne86

UCG supposedly became NUIG.......but I know a few guys working there who still call it UCG. Hard enough to change these habits.

conorh91

vienne86 wrote: »

UCG supposedly became NUIG.......but I know a few guys working there who still call it UCG. Hard enough to change these habits.

My old lad went to UCG and still calls it UCG.

He also used to convert punts to pre-decimal £sd, but had to finally come to grips with the punt when we got the euro.

Captain Chaos

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Dundalk IT abbreviation is DKIT. What does the K stand for. Or the Y in LYIT? Using this system Tralee could be TEIT.

Because DIT is already taken. So it like the car reg's system D reg Dublin, DL Donegal.

Just a little Samba

veryangryman wrote: »

Inspired by the thread on funny place names, is it a coincidence that tralee and Galway rearrange the letters to not sound rude. GMIT and the epic ITT specifically

Well GMIT is Galway Mayo Institute of Technology because they have a campus in Mayo.
Weirdly enough they also have a campus in Sligo, so maybe it should be GMSIT?

BrianBoru00

Aren't some ITs trying to make themselves more important like the Waterford Higher Institute of Technology . . . which would cause problems in Sliso

gizmo555

If Blanchardstown IT opened a satellite campus in Castleknock, would that be a BIT on the side?

Just a little Samba

gizmo555 wrote: »

If Blanchardstown IT opened a satellite campus in Castleknock, would that be a BIT on the side?

I don't know about that but Blanchardstown, DIT and Tallaght IT are all going to merge in the next year or two with the main campus being Grangegorman to form a new university, but I can't for the life of me remember that the new university will be called.

cournioni

Muahahaha wrote: »

DART stands for Dublin Area Rapid Transit. Growing up I always hoped Fermanagh would get their own version

Being a Simpson's fan at the time I was in San Francisco/Bay Area, I thought their version was much better.

Just a little Samba

Just a little Samba wrote: »

Well GMIT is Galway Mayo Institute of Technology because they have a campus in Mayo.
Weirdly enough they also have a campus in Sligo, so maybe it should be GMSIT?

Do they? St. Angela's is part of NUIG.

Galway RTC rebranded itself directly to GMIT - the Castlebar campus was already established a few years when all the RTCs rebranded.

Edit: If the Galway-Mayo, Sligo and Letterkenny ITs merge they would be something like the Connacht-Ulster Technological University.
C-U TU?

Jet Black

gizmo555 wrote: »

If Blanchardstown IT opened a satellite campus in Castleknock, would that be a BIT on the side?

Why did they call it ITB? Sounds like a bowel problem.

PeteFalk78

Carlow-Laois Institute of Technology?

Larianne

Jet Black wrote: »

Why did they call it ITB? Sounds like a bowel problem.

Or a connective tissue...

Buona Fortuna

Deleted User wrote: »

Do they? St. Angela's is part of NUIG.

Galway RTC rebranded itself directly to GMIT - the Castlebar campus was already established a few years when all the RTCs rebranded.

Edit: If the Galway-Mayo, Sligo and Letterkenny ITs merge they would be something like the Connacht-Ulster Technological University.
C-U TU?

I know its a stretch but if they could open a satelite in Navan.

Just a little Samba

Deleted User wrote: »

Do they? St. Angela's is part of NUIG.

Right you are. My mistake.

jmayo

vienne86 wrote: »

UCG supposedly became NUIG.......but I know a few guys working there who still call it UCG. Hard enough to change these habits.

To some it will always be UCG and the RTC.
Oh and the place in castlebar will be the mental or the "big house".

conorh91 wrote: »

My old lad went to UCG and still calls it UCG.

He also used to convert punts to pre-decimal £sd, but had to finally come to grips with the punt when we got the euro.

And fair play to him.
Don't forget about MILES.

Bummer1234

PeteFalk78 wrote: »

Carlow-Laois Institute of Technology?

And Cavan-Leitrim Institute of Technology.

Egginacup

Tipperary-Waterford Institute of Technology ?

Kilkenny-Waterford Institute of Technology (KWIT)

murpho999

Think I have worked with a few graduates from Cork University of New Technologies in my time.