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re: Ole Miss....why not Ol' Miss????
Posted on 1/31/13 at 4:39 pm to Roger Klarvin
Posted on 1/31/13 at 4:39 pm to Roger Klarvin
Don't be stupid
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Posted on 1/31/13 at 4:41 pm to DMagic
I'm genuinely curious. What in my post was flame worthy?
*Edit* A quick google search brings up tons of results, including an old SI article, though I'm not sure why they call it a "slave" term since it doesnt involve slaces being called anything:
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*Edit* A quick google search brings up tons of results, including an old SI article, though I'm not sure why they call it a "slave" term since it doesnt involve slaces being called anything:
LINK
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The very term Ole Miss is not a contraction of "Old Mississippi," but an old slave term—a plantation owner's daughter was called "the young miss" and his wife "the old miss."
This post was edited on 1/31/13 at 4:44 pm
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