bryn mawr

ruzuzu When I was a child, I would ask for my parents' permission to get my ears pierced. They would say, "Only when you've been accepted to a Seven Sisters college." I had no idea what that meant, but the example was always that my father's grandmother had attended Bryn Mawr.

I wouldn't have had to actually graduate, but I never even applied--so I'm still stuck wearing clip-ons. Nov 30, 2010

treeseed There is a town in south Wales where my grandfather was born called Brynmawr or Bryn-mawr. It means "big hill." Jan 31, 2008

reesetee Not to mention attending two colleges (or three) that were smack down the road from the one I attended! A double coinkydink. :-) Sep 20, 2007

uselessness Holy cow, you actually LIVED on that road? In Albuquerque? I can't quite wrap my head around what an outrageous coinkydink that is. Of all the weird names for all the minor streets in all the not-quite-popular cities in the world, I happened to mention the very one that you, a perfect stranger, lived on? Holy cow. Sep 19, 2007

fbharjo I lived on Bryn Mawr NE in Albuquerque, also on Richmond both NE & SE in Albuquerque, and on Amherst SE in Albuquerque, and attended some classes at Bryn Mawr College while attending Haverford College in PA. And then there's Swarthmore.... but that is a whole other story. Sep 19, 2007

uselessness Oh, actually the theme for street names in that part of town is college names, so I guess it makes sense. Nearby is the University of New Mexico, surrounded by roads like Dartmouth Dr., Harvard Dr., and Yale Blvd. It's all becoming clear now! ;-) Sep 19, 2007

reesetee Fbharjo may have been referring to Richmond and Lafayette as Southern, uselessness. Least that's how I took it. :-) Sep 19, 2007

uselessness Interesting, interesting. I'm not sure how the street is pronounced here in ABQ, I've only seen the sign for the street (it's not a major road) and speculated about how one might say that. I'm curious, fbharjo, are you familiar with Albuquerque or did you just look that up online? I wouldn't describe New Mexico as the South -- that's a label reserved for states like Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and the like. Out here we prefer the term Southwest. ;-)

Funny, in Florida, where I grew up, that's not the South either. Because the state is filled with retired yankees, Floridians have to drive north to get to the South. Sep 19, 2007

reesetee No, it's definitely not your typical Southern town, that's for sure. :-) Sep 19, 2007

fbharjo Bryn Mawr doesn't have a Haverford Boulevard next to it in Albuquerque though. The closest streets are Richmond and Lafayette. I never thought of Bryn Mawr being in the South.
Bryn Mawr means "high hill"
What good is that in the Rocky Mountains??? Sep 19, 2007

reesetee There's a Bryn Mawr Street in Albuquerque? Wow. Yes, as trivet pointed out, it's the town where Bryn Mawr College is located, along a fancy stretch of real estate that's locally called "the Main Line." Around here it's pronounced "Brin Marr." Is your street's name pronounced differently? Sep 19, 2007

trivet More marr, at least for me. It is also one of the seven sisters. Sep 18, 2007

uselessness Wow, this a real place? There's a street here in Albuquerque with this name and I always figured it was some sort of madeupical joke name. I'm guessing it's pronounced "brin mauer"? Sep 18, 2007