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Posted on 9/2/14 at 7:55 am to AggieHank86
its just a really stupid position to take. what do you think you are proving? You arent as important as you seem to think you are.
And rb i dont know why he wont explain what rant sports is.
And rb i dont know why he wont explain what rant sports is.
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Posted on 9/2/14 at 8:08 am to AggieHank86
Slap yourself. "Ole" Miss is a staple in the SEC. As much as anything else, in the SEC, it is recognized by any and all.
Posted on 9/2/14 at 8:14 am to AggieHank86
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sorry, but I refuse to spell it "Ole"
Because?
Posted on 9/2/14 at 8:15 am to AggieHank86
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I could have said "Ole is fer them folks what cain't figger how ta use a 'postrophy."
Wrong, dumbass. But keep thinking you're clever.
Posted on 9/2/14 at 8:23 am to bbap
Grammar
I readily acknowledge that the intentional use of poor grammar is a point of annoyance for me. It is a prominent symptom of the general "dumbing-down" of American culture.
I DO understand that Mississippi alumni, faculty, students, etcetera DO understand that "Ole" is improper. They use it much as Georgia uses "Dawgs."
For me, the difference is that almost everyone learns the proper spelling of "dog" in first grade. EVERYONE understands that the "Dawgs" usage is all-in-fun.
By contrast, there are thousands of uneducated people in Misssissippi (and elsewhere) who DO NOT understand this fact vis-à-vis "Ole." They have no concept as to the proper spelling of this contraction. They see "Ole" on billboards and sports uniforms, and they believe it to be proper.
By utilizing this spelling, the "powers that be" at Mississippi are contributing to the "marginal literacy" problem. Personally, I believe that a State-funded institution of higher learning owes more than that to the citizenry of its State.
So, the University of Mississippi can spell its nickname in any manner that it chooses. And I can decline to participate.
Someone will certainly tell me to "lighten up." You have your pet peeves, and I have mine. Live with it.
Rant Sports
I have no idea as to the pedigree of "Rant Sports." I ran a Google search for early Week Two rankings, and these were two of the three that Google was able to locate.
I did not post the third because it was obviously a parody site. (It ranked my Aggies as the best team in the country. They aren't.)
I readily acknowledge that the intentional use of poor grammar is a point of annoyance for me. It is a prominent symptom of the general "dumbing-down" of American culture.
I DO understand that Mississippi alumni, faculty, students, etcetera DO understand that "Ole" is improper. They use it much as Georgia uses "Dawgs."
For me, the difference is that almost everyone learns the proper spelling of "dog" in first grade. EVERYONE understands that the "Dawgs" usage is all-in-fun.
By contrast, there are thousands of uneducated people in Misssissippi (and elsewhere) who DO NOT understand this fact vis-à-vis "Ole." They have no concept as to the proper spelling of this contraction. They see "Ole" on billboards and sports uniforms, and they believe it to be proper.
By utilizing this spelling, the "powers that be" at Mississippi are contributing to the "marginal literacy" problem. Personally, I believe that a State-funded institution of higher learning owes more than that to the citizenry of its State.
So, the University of Mississippi can spell its nickname in any manner that it chooses. And I can decline to participate.
Someone will certainly tell me to "lighten up." You have your pet peeves, and I have mine. Live with it.
Rant Sports
I have no idea as to the pedigree of "Rant Sports." I ran a Google search for early Week Two rankings, and these were two of the three that Google was able to locate.
I did not post the third because it was obviously a parody site. (It ranked my Aggies as the best team in the country. They aren't.)
This post was edited on 9/2/14 at 9:41 am
Posted on 9/2/14 at 8:24 am to AggieHank86
You should go back to not posting
Posted on 9/2/14 at 8:26 am to Patton
Patton, I post when I have something to say.
By contrast, you never seem to have anything worthwhile to say, but you have nonetheless posted more than 18,000 times. Amazing.
By contrast, you never seem to have anything worthwhile to say, but you have nonetheless posted more than 18,000 times. Amazing.
This post was edited on 9/2/14 at 8:28 am
Posted on 9/2/14 at 8:30 am to AggieHank86
Post count boom. Never gets old.
Posted on 9/2/14 at 8:35 am to AggieHank86
What were the Rant Sports rankings in Week 1? Did we drop 3 spots after beating a ranked team by 24?
Posted on 9/2/14 at 8:36 am to AggieHank86
LSU shouldn't be top 10 yet because no one knows how good they actually are. They looked awful for 3 quarters and unbeatable for one, but if the young guys gained some confidence from that come from behind (aTm style) victory then this team could be really good.
Posted on 9/2/14 at 8:37 am to AggieHank86
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By contrast, you never seem to have anything worthwhile to say, but you have nonetheless posted more than 18,000 times. Amazing.
I gotta tell you...I like this guy! I think he fits in well!
Posted on 9/2/14 at 8:40 am to AggieHank86
Post count +1
Posted on 9/2/14 at 8:40 am to tamctshirt
This post was actually meaningful until I edited
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Posted on 9/2/14 at 8:40 am to MenloDawg
Menlo, "Rant Sports" seems to have had Georgia at a pre-season Number 21. So you jumped significantly. They had A&M at Number 20 pre-season, we moved-up nicely as well.
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Posted on 9/2/14 at 8:40 am to tamctshirt
This post was definitely not a post just to up my post count.
This post was edited on 9/2/14 at 8:42 am
Posted on 9/2/14 at 8:42 am to AggieHank86
terrible thread
Posted on 9/2/14 at 8:50 am to tamctshirt
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This post was definitely not a post just to up my post count.
There are those on here that act like a persons post doesn't count for much until they get into the thousands of posts. I never could understand that.....well, until I hit 2,000 posts, then the light came on and I became enlightened and intelligent.
Posted on 9/2/14 at 8:53 am to AggieHank86
Is it Tejas or Texas that's correct?
Posted on 9/2/14 at 9:13 am to Porky
Porky, I understand that you are being a smart-Alec, but I will answer anyway..
Because "j" and "x" have VERY similar pronunciations in Spanish, the word could be spelled either way in Spanish. In fact, it was spelled "Texas" and "Tejas" with near-equal frequency for a very, very long time. (Remember that the Spanish colonized the area LONG before the advent of standardized spellings).
The word is a Spanish-language derivative of a Native American (Caddo) word for "friend." Because the Caddo had no written language, the spelling was obviously phonetic.
The Spanish (and later the Mexicans) came to apply the word to the Caddo people as a whole.
Though the Caddo resided only in (what is now) deep East Texas (plus smaller areas in Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas), the word eventually came to be used (by Spanish speakers) in reference to the entire region north of the Rio Grande (or the Rio Nueces, depending upon your source). In all likelihood, this is because the Caddo were a "settled" people, living in permanent villages, etcetera. By comparison, most of the other Natives in the area were more nomadic.
Like many borrow-words from one language to another, English speakers modified the pronunciation somewhat when they immigrated to the area. They saw an "x," and they pronounced it consistent with the pronunciation of that consonant in English usage.
(The American immigrants probably chose to utilize the "x" spelling because the word was easier to pronounce using the English pronunciation of "x" than the English pronunciation of "j." But that last part is just a reasonable extrapolation.)
As English speakers became the majority in the region (approximately 1830), this pronunciation and spelling became predominant.
Because "j" and "x" have VERY similar pronunciations in Spanish, the word could be spelled either way in Spanish. In fact, it was spelled "Texas" and "Tejas" with near-equal frequency for a very, very long time. (Remember that the Spanish colonized the area LONG before the advent of standardized spellings).
The word is a Spanish-language derivative of a Native American (Caddo) word for "friend." Because the Caddo had no written language, the spelling was obviously phonetic.
The Spanish (and later the Mexicans) came to apply the word to the Caddo people as a whole.
Though the Caddo resided only in (what is now) deep East Texas (plus smaller areas in Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas), the word eventually came to be used (by Spanish speakers) in reference to the entire region north of the Rio Grande (or the Rio Nueces, depending upon your source). In all likelihood, this is because the Caddo were a "settled" people, living in permanent villages, etcetera. By comparison, most of the other Natives in the area were more nomadic.
Like many borrow-words from one language to another, English speakers modified the pronunciation somewhat when they immigrated to the area. They saw an "x," and they pronounced it consistent with the pronunciation of that consonant in English usage.
(The American immigrants probably chose to utilize the "x" spelling because the word was easier to pronounce using the English pronunciation of "x" than the English pronunciation of "j." But that last part is just a reasonable extrapolation.)
As English speakers became the majority in the region (approximately 1830), this pronunciation and spelling became predominant.
This post was edited on 9/2/14 at 10:02 am
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