On 23 Dec 2009 at 12:04, Ken Steele asked me: > > The name of the school is Bishop's University > > but the email address is ubishops.ca. Why isn't the address > bishopsu.ca?
You've heard of YouTube? Then why not ubishops? If you don't like that explanation, here's another. In Quebec, public signs in English are allowed, but the French must be "markedly predominant" over the English (http://tinyurl.com/yjcvh5l ), usually satisfied by putting the French first and/or making it larger. So Bishop's is first of all the Universite Bishop's, and only then Bishop's University. The rest is left as an exercise for the reader. A graduate of Bishop's contributed this query: > It gets worse than that, Ken. There were two bishops involved. > So it should be Bishops' University. :-) The smiley from Chris suggests this is not to be taken seriously. But just in case it is, it is not my understanding. Bishop's did have two co-founders in 1843, one a bishop with the magnificent name of George Jehoshaphat Mountain, the third Anglican Bishop of Quebec. The other was not a bishop but an Anglican priest with a less impressive name, Doolittle, Lucius Doolittle (which I hope amused the students). So I believe there was only one bishop involved. Notwithstanding, Bishop's was secularized in 1947 (meaning we became a public institution) with no remaining ties to the Anglican Church except history (and a curious position known as the Visitor). Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: sbl...@ubishops.ca 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
