Re: CHAT: "Mister" (WAS: Re: New Lang: Igassik)

Adrian Morgan wrote:
>I know that 'professor' in American English doesn't mean 'the head of a
>university department' which is the meaning elsewhere ... and I know that
>'college' is used to mean what I would call 'university' ...
Not necessarily.... In common usage, "college" can refer to any institution
of higher learning-- from a 2-year "Community College" to a 4-year "College"
leading to a Bachelor's degree (some do offer graduate work toward an MA in
some fields), to a full fledged University that offers Bachelors, MA and PhD
in almost all fields.
So most Americans would say, "I'm going to college/ I'm in college", not
"...to university / ...in university".