Timeline for Does wearing a university t-shirt imply that the wearer is affiliated with the university?
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| Mar 15, 2015 at 6:05 | comment | added | TOOGAM | I live in Washington State. The most prominent/classy university in the state is UW (University of Washington), which has the Huskies as the mascot. The second most prominent university in the state is WSU (Washington State University), who have Cougars as their mascot. I live 90+ minutes from either University, but people regularly wear shirts/jackets/hats with a UW or WSU logo. It is just meant to imply that they are a Husky (Husky fan) or a Coug (Cougar fan). I'm many of them have nothing to do with either university; especially the children. They just favor one of the football teams. | |
| Mar 12, 2015 at 22:38 | comment | added | neminem | Man, I want a shirt now that says that. "I am the president of the United States of America." | |
| Mar 12, 2015 at 9:01 | comment | added | tcrosley | If you see someone wearing a sweatshirt saying something like "Property of <University Name> Athletic Dept." you can bet they never saw the inside of a locker room. | |
| Mar 12, 2015 at 7:07 | comment | added | jpmc26 | In the US, it's pretty common for any member of your family to have apparel for your school. Parents especially, but sometimes siblings or other relatives, too. I have a shirt or two from my sibling's college that I wear from time to time. | |
| Mar 11, 2015 at 4:17 | comment | added | JRN | "My parent went to Harvard and all I got was this lousy T-shirt." | |
| Mar 10, 2015 at 22:45 | comment | added | J.R. | @O.R.Mapper - Yes, I'm with you. I was just trying to come up with the most outrageous stretch I could imagine (plus, I don't think I've even seen a shirt like that). P.S. You mean that guy I saw at the gym yesterday wasn't really Superman? ;^) | |
| Mar 10, 2015 at 22:16 | comment | added | O. R. Mapper | Frankly, I would take a t-shirt saying "graduated from <university>" as an even safer sign the person has never been to that university than just the name of the university, akin to t-shirts saying things like "Attention - VIP passing through", "I am the president!", or showing the Superman S. | |
| Mar 10, 2015 at 21:05 | history | answered | J.R. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |