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Abbreviation overkill

There seems to be a ridiculous number of gratuitous acronyms used in France university life. There is a college in Toulouse which is known as N7. When pronounced ("en-set"), it sounds like the acronym ENSEEIHT: École Nationale Supérieure d'Électronique, d'Électrotechnique, d'Informatique, d'Hydraulique, et des Télécommunications. Gah, an abbreviation of an acronym!

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Sam, Usa 2009-02-05

I think Zut is funny.

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Adrien 2008-02-18

Many, if not all, private colleges have an acronym name in France, but as you spotted it, they can yet be quite hard to write!

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