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Ole Miss....why not Ol' Miss????
Posted on 1/31/13 at 12:46 pm
Posted on 1/31/13 at 12:46 pm
OK, something has always bothered me about "Ole" Miss. Ole is a Spanish word that has nothing to do with our southern dialect changing the pronunciation of the word "old". The correct use of the word "OLE" (as spelled at Ole Miss) should actually be OL'. Such as, "Hey Billybob, how's that ol' gal at the honkytonk overyonder been treatin' ya?" See, you take the "d" out & replace it with an apostrophe....not an "e".
Is there a story behind why it's called OLE Miss? Or is the misuse/misspelling of Ol' just due to the sheer stupidity of the inbreds at the university who came up with the name? Just seems funny to have an institution of higher education misspell their name.
That's today's grammar police lesson. Go ahead "OLE" missers....flame away.
Is there a story behind why it's called OLE Miss? Or is the misuse/misspelling of Ol' just due to the sheer stupidity of the inbreds at the university who came up with the name? Just seems funny to have an institution of higher education misspell their name.
That's today's grammar police lesson. Go ahead "OLE" missers....flame away.
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Posted on 1/31/13 at 12:48 pm to AgDuckHunter
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Posted on 1/31/13 at 12:48 pm to AgDuckHunter
Posted on 1/31/13 at 12:50 pm to AgDuckHunter
The University of Mississippi is the name
Ole Miss is the nick name
Ole Miss is the nick name
Posted on 1/31/13 at 12:52 pm to AgDuckHunter
Posted on 1/31/13 at 12:53 pm to Grateful Reb
OVERRATED
Posted on 1/31/13 at 12:54 pm to AgDuckHunter
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OK, something has always bothered me about "Ole" Miss. Ole is a Spanish word that has nothing to do with our southern dialect changing the pronunciation of the word "old". The correct use of the word "OLE" (as spelled at Ole Miss) should actually be OL'. Such as, "Hey Billybob, how's that ol' gal at the honkytonk overyonder been treatin' ya?" See, you take the "d" out & replace it with an apostrophe....not an "e".
I almost passed out of sheer boredom from this historical excerpt, but then you followed it up with this little nugget:
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here a story behind why it's called OLE Miss? Or is the misuse/misspelling of Ol' just due to the sheer stupidity of the inbreds at the university who came up with the name? Just seems funny to have an institution of higher education misspell their name.
Solid.
Posted on 1/31/13 at 12:54 pm to AgDuckHunter
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Posted on 1/31/13 at 12:56 pm to jeff967
quote:right. but where does that come from
Ole Miss is the nick name
Posted on 1/31/13 at 12:56 pm to TheCaterpillar
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Posted by TheCaterpillar OVERRATED
Try telling my right hand that
Posted on 1/31/13 at 12:56 pm to AgDuckHunter
Nice jizz.
Posted on 1/31/13 at 12:59 pm to AgDuckHunter
Cuz frick you that's why
Posted on 1/31/13 at 12:59 pm to AgDuckHunter
Nickname came from the name of the yearbook
Posted on 1/31/13 at 1:00 pm to AgDuckHunter
My sig tells you where the name came from
Posted on 1/31/13 at 1:01 pm to WestCoastAg
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right. but where does that come from
Back around 100 years ago they had a contest to come up with the name of the yearbook. This girl named Elma meek won with her submission of "the Ole Miss", and then people starte calling the school that.
This post was edited on 1/31/13 at 1:03 pm
Posted on 1/31/13 at 1:03 pm to AgDuckHunter
Ole and olé are two different words. Note the accent mark above the "e" in the Spanish word olé.
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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.
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 1:07 pm to AgDuckHunter
According to wiki answers: LINK
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The University got its nickname "Ole Miss" via a contest in 1897. That same year, the student yearbook was being published for the first time. As a way to find a name for the book, a contest was held to solicit suggestions from the student body. Elma Meek, a student at the time, submitted the winning entry of Ole Miss. Interestingly, the term "Ole Miss" is not derived from Mississippi, but was a term used by slaves for the wife of a plantation owner. This sobriquet was chosen not only for the yearbook, but also became the name by which the University is now affectionately known
cited from:
Chodas, Nadine. The Band Played Dixie: Race and Liberal Conscience at Ole Miss.
Answer:
The University got its nickname "Ole Miss" via a contest in 1897. That same year, the student yearbook was being published for the first time. As a way to find a name for the book, a contest was held to solicit suggestions from the student body. Elma Meek, a student at the time, submitted the winning entry of Ole Miss. Interestingly, the term "Ole Miss" is not derived from Mississippi, but was a term used by slaves for the wife of a plantation owner. This sobriquet was chosen not only for the yearbook, but also became the name by which the University is now affectionately known
cited from:
Chodas, Nadine. The Band Played Dixie: Race and Liberal Conscience at Ole Miss.
Posted on 1/31/13 at 1:08 pm to hbccam
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