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characters of the colleges

Monii

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there was a similar thread in Durham forum...use only one word (adjective?) to describe each of the colleges :smile:

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Monii

OP

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to make it easier:

Balliol College
Brasenose College
Christ Church
Corpus Christi College
Exeter College
Harris Manchester College
Hertford College
Jesus College
Keble College
Lady Margaret Hall
Lincoln College
Magdalen College
Mansfield College
Merton College
New College
Oriel College
Pembroke College
The Queen's College
St Anne's College
St Catherine's College
St Edmund Hall
St Hilda's College
St Hugh's College
St John's College
St Peter's College
Somerville College
Trinity College
University College
Wadham College
Worcester College

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Hoofbeat

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Monii

to make it easier:
Lincoln College

Gossips!

Reply 3

homabahrami

Merton College- geeky (I'm allowed to say that- I go there!!)

Reply 4

silence

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are you the person who plays like every musical instrument invented?

Lincoln: insular.

silence

are you the person who plays like every musical instrument invented?

what me?? Well I do play quite a few but I wouldn't go as far as to say every single one ever invented!

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Hoofbeat

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ThePants999

Lincoln: insular.

Why you say that? I agree that we're very much a 'cliquey' college and everything happens within college and everyone knows about everything the moment after its happened. I just think it's a good thing (the fact you'll always meet someone you know in the Quad...great distraction from work!) and insular sounds negative.

Mansfield- deprived

Hoofbeat

Why you say that? I agree that we're very much a 'cliquey' college and everything happens within college and everyone knows about everything the moment after its happened. I just think it's a good thing (the fact you'll always meet someone you know in the Quad...great distraction from work!) and insular sounds negative.

I think that's generally true of any colleges which are of medium size (say 200-600).

Reply 10

zoraster

Why you say that? I agree that we're very much a 'cliquey' college and everything happens within college and everyone knows about everything the moment after its happened. I just think it's a good thing (the fact you'll always meet someone you know in the Quad...great distraction from work!) and insular sounds negative.

so does cliquey though. A "close community" is perhaps a more positive way to look at it. Cliquey implies that outsiders are made feel unwelcome and misplaced.

Definition: A small and exclusive party or set, a narrow coterie or circle: a term of reproach or contempt, applied generally to such as are considered to associate for unworthy or selfish ends, or to small and select bodies who arrogate supreme authority in matters of social status, literature, etc.

Reply 11

Hoofbeat

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zoraster

so does cliquey though. A "close community" is perhaps a more positive way to look at it. Cliquey implies that outsiders are made feel unwelcome and misplaced.

Good point...I'm a scientist so not good words (I just try and use them to sound impressive). Outsiders are certainly welcome, we're all just very close.

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ThePants999

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LennonMcCartney

I think that's generally true of any colleges which are of medium size (say 200-600).

Medium size is 200-600? You what? Oxford doesn't have any full colleges significantly smaller than 200 or larger than 600 - you've used the entire range to describe "medium sized"! 200-300 small, 300-400 medium 400+ large in Oxford terms. Cambridge colleges are larger.

Anyway, while a number of smaller colleges are "cliquey", none have a reputation for it quite like Lincoln's. The only reputation Lincoln has externally is that "you never meet a Lincolnite".

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srmcit

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Balliol College centrifugal
Brasenose College noteworthy
Christ Church moneyed
Corpus Christi College close
Exeter College conservative
Harris Manchester College versed
Hertford College abridged
Jesus College inner
Keble College august
Lady Margaret Hall outlying
Lincoln College reserved
Magdalen College peacockish
Mansfield College Lilliputian
Merton College worked
New College virile
Oriel College stout
Pembroke College modest
The Queen's College imperious
St Anne's College indirect
St Catherine's College underrated
St Edmund Hall snug
St Hilda's College pent
St Hugh's College oblivious
St John's College replete
St Peter's College unexpected
Somerville College saccharine
Trinity College pronounced
University College nuclear
Wadham College involved
Worcester College withdrawn

Reply 14

RichE

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With advice like that, perhaps this thread should be made Sticky? :confused:

wow. impressive.

v gd list but slightly confused about some of them eg keble = august ???

Reply 17

Hoofbeat

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_mad_moo_

v gd list but slightly confused about some of them eg keble = august ???

um...perhaps because it's so red it's like autumn leaves...and august is nearly autumn! lol

Reply 18

srmcit

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Hoofbeat

um...perhaps because it's so red it's like autumn leaves...and august is nearly autumn! lol

i meant august more as an adjective, but it applies as a noun as well.

Reply 19

Bezza

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I'm not too keen on: Magdalen College, peacockish. I wouldn't have said we're particularly vain and shove how good our college is in peoples faces (although we do have a lot to be proud of :wink:

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