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re: Ole Miss....why not Ol' Miss????
Posted on 1/31/13 at 1:05 pm to CoonassBulldog
Posted on 1/31/13 at 1:05 pm to CoonassBulldog
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During this time period, the university became known as "Ole Miss," a moniker used by slaves to describe the wife of the plantation owner.
People said that when I went there. Pretty sure that isn't true.
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Posted on 1/31/13 at 1:07 pm to GalvoAg
One professor a while back guessed that that might have been how the name originated. No one really knows. The Mississippi River is known as the "ole miss", or they could have just been shortening the term "ole mississippi", which makes the most sense by far.
Posted on 1/31/13 at 1:12 pm to GalvoAg
Olde -- adj., archaic
(Colloquial) contraction of 'olde' -- 'ol'e'
Hence, Ol'e (Ole) Miss
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(Colloquial) contraction of 'olde' -- 'ol'e'
Hence, Ol'e (Ole) Miss
/thread
Posted on 1/31/13 at 1:20 pm to GalvoAg
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quote: During this time period, the university became known as "Ole Miss," a moniker used by slaves to describe the wife of the plantation owner. People said that when I went there. Pretty sure that isn't true.
In pretty sure that is EXACTLy where it came from. Some history department professor there even verified it.
Posted on 1/31/13 at 4:14 pm to GalvoAg
Page 168 of the book "The University of Mississippi: A Sesquicentennial History".
Excerpt: "The term "Ole Miss" was a title domestic slaves in the Old South used to distinguish the mistress of the plantation house from the young misses of the family."
Page 144 of "Ever is a long time: a journey into Mississippi's dark past, a memoir".
Excerpt: "Even the name Ole Miss has it roots in that era of bondage. "Ole Miss" comes from the shortened version of "Ole Missy", the name slaves would have called the wife of the planation owner. The daughter of the plantaion owner was the "young miss", the wife the "ole miss.""
Excerpt: "The term "Ole Miss" was a title domestic slaves in the Old South used to distinguish the mistress of the plantation house from the young misses of the family."
Page 144 of "Ever is a long time: a journey into Mississippi's dark past, a memoir".
Excerpt: "Even the name Ole Miss has it roots in that era of bondage. "Ole Miss" comes from the shortened version of "Ole Missy", the name slaves would have called the wife of the planation owner. The daughter of the plantaion owner was the "young miss", the wife the "ole miss.""
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