Insipid Nickname Watch. Alert reader
Insipid Nickname Watch. Alert reader Josh Steichmann just brought the A2 nickname-to-resident ratio up with this offering: “Ace-Deuce.” Learn it, love it.
He also offers a few rejoinders to the Ypsi-centric viewpoint we’ve been pushing here:
[D]espite the protestations of Ypsi proslytizers, Ypsi wouldn’t exist (at least in present form) without Ann Arbor.
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I’ve lived in both Ann Arbor and Ypsi. I love Ypsi, but I’m back up on the north side of Ann Arbor, even though I still go to school out in Ypsi. The best thing that could happen right now is for young people to start getting into politics in Ypsi, and wrest control out of the old corrupt guard there. Well, that and get some decent fuckin’ schools. That’s the other reason why people move to Ann Arbor over Ypsi- the public schools in Ann Arbor pretty well kick ass, and the ones in Ypsi pretty well fuckin’ blow.
We’re willing to concede that Ypsi’s not necessarily better, but it outdoes Tree Town in a number of areas that Ann Arborites consider their own domain. And maybe it wouldn’t exist without A2 - Ann Arbor draws in young people with the promise of a hip college town with a thriving underground arts and music scene, then they get fed up and move to Ypsi.
On an unrelated note, does anyone know how to pronounce “Hieftje”?