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re: Is "Ole Miss" Next?
Posted on 8/19/16 at 3:56 pm to oman
Posted on 8/19/16 at 3:56 pm to oman
You aren't southern are you? So you think Old was used more to describe a matriarch than any other thing in the southern world? Describing some place that elicits nostalgic feelings as 'old' is very much a part of the southern vernacular and always has been. States, rivers and ladies alike.
This post was edited on 8/19/16 at 4:02 pm
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Posted on 8/19/16 at 4:05 pm to VivaZapata27
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You aren't southern are you? So you think Old was used more to describe a matriarch than any other thing in the southern world? Describing some place that elicits nostalgic feelings as 'old' is very much a part of the southern vernacular and always has been. States, rivers and ladies alike.
Not Southern. But Texas. It's common to refer to a person "that ol' girl", "that ol' boy", and in some cases, cities "night in old San Antonio" or "old El Paso".
I just haven't come across it used in reference to a state "Old Louisiana", "Old Georgia".
So "old missy" or "old girl" seems a lot more intuitive to me than "Old Mississippi".
This post was edited on 8/19/16 at 4:07 pm
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