re: Ole Miss....why not Ol' Miss????

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I've never hear anyone honestly claim it is a contraction of "Old Mississippi" or some sort of misspelling.

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I'll honestly claim that. Why must it be one or the other?

LSU used to be called "Ole Lou" and the "Ole War Skuke." Missouri used to be called "Ole Mizzou" (and that's still in their fight song).

It used to be a more common way of nicknaming things I guess.