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“UofH” is only when you speak but you’re supposed to write it as UH.
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Woah. I’ve always said “you H”.
Wait a minute “yoo H” lol
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Well thought xsmith… etymology shows “you“ is a combination of Old English “ye”, and the French word “vous.” “Cougar” is also French, hence the phonetic “oo” sound.
Guess what my degree is in…
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I see what you did there!
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I have a winter Hat with UH colors given to me by my wife that says COUGS.
(Youston) is how some pronounce Houston.
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I consider myself a decent writer, but no thanks to breaking the English language down to sub-atomic levels. As stated earlier, respect! 
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Those are the people who wash their hands with cold water. How do you get “youston” from “houston”?
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What low-key bothers me is that Arkansas and Kansas aren’t pronounced the same. 
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People in the NE, pronounce it…
…Houseton
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There’s another instance where he says “it’s R-KAN-SAW by the way” but I can’t find it. Gotta love the “R-Kansas” pronunciation. Hogs don’t like that one bit.
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Kansans and Arkansans are though
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There is an explanation for that. Named for different people.
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LOL…says who? I’ve always said UH and I’ve always written UH. UofH always made me think of derogatory “Cougar High”, which I despise.
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Yes, that was the explanation I received from a native New Yorker when I was in, of all places, the Netherlands.
He was taken by my Texas accent !!
I have actually walked on that street.
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This must be something new. Many of the LSU decals on cars, T-shirts, and Sweatshirts when I was growing up in Baton Rouge and during the years I went to LSU said “Louisana State University.” Maybe they don’t like having the “University” left off when not using LSU.
Isn’t the Arkansas River also pronounced as ar-kan’-sas?
When you see those words alone “Louisiana Sate” for most people in other regions we think of “Louisiana State Penitentiary”