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re: Ole Miss' nickname is derived from a train of the early 1900's
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:09 am to Toddy
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:09 am to Toddy
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Don't let facts get in the way of believing that our nickname came from something that ended HALF A CENTURY earlier. Yeah, it makes so much sense that it came from a term that would not even have been used by people of this era. LINK /
So the annual named ole miss for 5-10years before a picture of a train named "Old Miss" and changed to Ole Miss is the genesis of the University name?
I am buying!
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Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:10 am to Toddy
Me thinks you don't know what the word "facts" means
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:10 am to Toddy
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And y'all have been the Maroons, Aggies, A&M, State College and FINALLY became a university in 1959. Brush up on your history. I probably know more about the history of MSU than you do.
you hate them bc Maroon is so dark?
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:10 am to Toddy
The train was probably black
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:11 am to MaroonNation
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even the lady that came up with Ole Miss refutes your claim there was never a train by that name
This has the makings of an awesome rap song.
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:11 am to Toddy
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Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:12 am to Jack Daniel
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Did I miss any?
Yes, we were the Red and Blue prior to 1929 and then the Flood from 1929 to 1935.
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:12 am to Toddy
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The name became a popular nickname for the university during the 1908-1909 school year. It stuck and has been used ever since.
Yes but the year book was called that before the train came into existence. That article has some fact mixed with some opinion. I still don't see the origination declared as a fact. The writer takes some liberties with his interpretation.
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:13 am to Toddy
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Red
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Flood
Ewwwwwww!!!!
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:16 am to Carolina_Girl
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Ewwwwwww!!!!
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:17 am to BillyBobfan24_7
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Yes but the year book was called that before the train came into existence. That article has some fact mixed with some opinion. I still don't see the origination declared as a fact. The writer takes some liberties with his interpretation.
Not really. Actually believing that our nickname came from an institution that had ended half a century earlier is taking some interpretation. It DEFIES ALL LOGIC that this term came from slavery. NOne of these people would have even been born when this term originated. I know some people want to believe this, but THERE IS NOT ONE SHRED OF EVIDENCE that this is true.
It CANNOT be disputed however, where LSU got their "Tigers" nickname. It came from a Southern Civil War Regiment.
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:17 am to Toddy
The red flood is what's been happening since Saturday night
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:18 am to DakForHe15man
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Even if the train story was true it's still assuming that the students got it from that
True. It is an unsupported assumption that a train of the same name was the origin.
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It's all the university could dig up trying to change where it came from
Ridiculous unsupported assumption of your own to the university's intentions
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We know where it really came from
Yet another unsupported assumption followed by an argument ad populum, an appeal to popularity.
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:21 am to Jack Daniel
quote:6. Urinals
1. Rebels
2. Colonels
3. Black bears
4. Land sharks
5. Trains
7. Embarrassments
8. Chandeliers
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:23 am to Toddy
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It CANNOT be disputed however, where LSU got their "Tigers" nickname. It came from a Southern Civil War Regiment.
Yea, we all know that. They were a bunch of criminal hardasses.
You got a problem with it?
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:23 am to Toddy
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Don't let facts get in the way of believing that our nickname came from something that ended HALF A CENTURY earlier. Yeah, it makes so much sense that it came from a term that would not even have been used by people of this era. LINK /
I am not going to let you "sell me down the river" with this bs
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:26 am to DakForHe15man
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We know where it really came from.
Yeah, these students derived this name from an institution that was long dead even before their parents were born. Sounds legit.
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:27 am to Toddy
The train was named after what the plantation owners wife was called
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:31 am to deltaland
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The train was named after what the plantation owners wife was called
Is that W.C. Handy said? I think not. There was an "OLD Miss" train that traveled from Memphis into Mississippi and there was a "VOL" train that traveled from Memphis throughout Tennessee.
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:35 am to Scruffy
9. Wal-mart catered trays
10. Red solo fine chinas
10. Red solo fine chinas
This post was edited on 10/27/14 at 11:36 am
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