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re: Is "Ole Miss" Next?
Posted on 8/19/16 at 4:05 pm to VivaZapata27
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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Posted on 8/19/16 at 4:08 pm to oman
And we would choose to name our school after an old lady. Makes sense.
You replied to the correct answer. In fact, LSU made a brief attempt to start being known as Ole Lou. Look it up, and come back to me with your bullshite so we can argue some more.
You replied to the correct answer. In fact, LSU made a brief attempt to start being known as Ole Lou. Look it up, and come back to me with your bullshite so we can argue some more.
Posted on 8/19/16 at 4:11 pm to oman
youve likely driven into your hometown and said to yourself, "it's good to be back in old so and so." Just as every southerner has. I assure you Mississippi and Louisiana have been called that more than anyone has been called Ol missus.
This post was edited on 8/19/16 at 4:13 pm
Posted on 8/19/16 at 4:22 pm to oman
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I just haven't come across it used in reference to a state "Old Louisiana", "Old Georgia".
Just in case you don't look it up yourself
But I'm sure "Lou" was just a particularly ruthless plantation owner's wife they wanted to celebrate.
This post was edited on 8/19/16 at 4:24 pm
Posted on 8/19/16 at 6:36 pm to oman
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"night in old San Antonio"
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