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re: Ole Miss....why not Ol' Miss????
Posted on 1/31/13 at 5:28 pm to Roger Klarvin
Posted on 1/31/13 at 5:28 pm to Roger Klarvin
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I've never hear anyone honestly claim it is a contraction of "Old Mississippi" or some sort of misspelling.
I will make that claim. This whole thing started because ONE fricking guy in the 40s made the wild arse assumption that Ole Miss and the supposed slave term were related. It is an answer that is made to fit the question. "Where did Ole Miss get its name?" "I don't know, they're racist, so probably something racist."
"Ole" is a derivation of old or ol', which many people use as a term of endearment; e.g. "Ol' Bob sure is a great guy!"
"Miss" is shorthand for Mississippi. That's it. Add to this the fact that several other schools use Ole of Ol' (USC - "Fight on for Ol' SC," LSU was known as "Ole Lou" or "Old Lou" and "Ole War Skule" for many years during the exact same era as the name Ole Miss developed. LINK )
I have a hard time believing that an Ole Miss co-ed, 30 years after the end of slavery, would have suggested a term used by slaves as the name of the student yearbook of all things.
Anyone who thinks otherwise is a fricking idiot/and or Grinder.
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Posted on 1/31/13 at 5:31 pm to KingBiscuit_IV
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an Ole Miss co-ed
I agree. Although the prettiest, definitely not the brightest.
Posted on 1/31/13 at 6:16 pm to KingBiscuit_IV
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I will make that claim. This whole thing started because ONE fricking guy in the 40s made the wild arse assumption that Ole Miss and the supposed slave term were related. It is an answer that is made to fit the question. "Where did Ole Miss get its name?" "I don't know, they're racist, so probably something racist."
"Ole" is a derivation of old or ol', which many people use as a term of endearment; e.g. "Ol' Bob sure is a great guy!"
"Miss" is shorthand for Mississippi. That's it. Add to this the fact that several other schools use Ole of Ol' (USC - "Fight on for Ol' SC," LSU was known as "Ole Lou" or "Old Lou" and "Ole War Skule" for many years during the exact same era as the name Ole Miss developed. LINK )
I have a hard time believing that an Ole Miss co-ed, 30 years after the end of slavery, would have suggested a term used by slaves as the name of the student yearbook of all things.
Anyone who thinks otherwise is a fricking idiot/and or Grinder.
Thanks, Biscuit. While this thread was intended as a flame, I was genuinely curious about where it came from. Curiosity quelled.
Posted on 1/31/13 at 7:54 pm to KingBiscuit_IV
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I will make that claim. This whole thing started because ONE fricking guy in the 40s made the wild arse assumption that Ole Miss and the supposed slave term were related. It is an answer that is made to fit the question. "Where did Ole Miss get its name?" "I don't know, they're racist, so probably something racist."
"Ole" is a derivation of old or ol', which many people use as a term of endearment; e.g. "Ol' Bob sure is a great guy!"
"Miss" is shorthand for Mississippi. That's it. Add to this the fact that several other schools use Ole of Ol' (USC - "Fight on for Ol' SC," LSU was known as "Ole Lou" or "Old Lou" and "Ole War Skule" for many years during the exact same era as the name Ole Miss developed. LINK )
I have a hard time believing that an Ole Miss co-ed, 30 years after the end of slavery, would have suggested a term used by slaves as the name of the student yearbook of all things.
Anyone who thinks otherwise is a fricking idiot/and or Grinder.
Buuuuuuuuuuulllllsssssshhhhhiiiiiittttt....
There's all kinds of literature out there that states otherwise - two of which I referenced in my post on page 3.
Your entire institution of higher learning decided to associate its image and, yes, nickname, with a sect of people who deemed slavery to be an acceptable way of life - to the point where they lost a damn war over it.
Redneck as hell.
Posted on 2/1/13 at 7:55 am to KingBiscuit_IV
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I will make that claim. This whole thing started because ONE fricking guy in the 40s made the wild arse assumption that Ole Miss and the supposed slave term were related. It is an answer that is made to fit the question. "Where did Ole Miss get its name?" "I don't know, they're racist, so probably something racist."
"Ole" is a derivation of old or ol', which many people use as a term of endearment; e.g. "Ol' Bob sure is a great guy!"
"Miss" is shorthand for Mississippi. That's it. Add to this the fact that several other schools use Ole of Ol' (USC - "Fight on for Ol' SC," LSU was known as "Ole Lou" or "Old Lou" and "Ole War Skule" for many years during the exact same era as the name Ole Miss developed.
I believe this. My dad and great uncles (who were there before the guy in the 1940's) graduated from Ole Miss and gave me this answer. My dad said anyone who thought otherwise could "go to hell".
ETA: ...just relaying information, 'cause they're all gone.
This post was edited on 2/1/13 at 8:05 am
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