Why is it OLE Miss?

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11:37p, 5/18/14
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What's so old about the school?
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10:33a, 5/19/14
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Because it is traditional with Miss and not contemporary with the non sexual Ms
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1:08a, 5/20/14
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Because **** you. That's why.
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9:09p, 5/20/14
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6:56p, 6/7/14
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Why not?
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5:47p, 6/14/14
Because it sounds like something some mint julep drinking, pinstripe-suit wearing plantation owner with a funny necktie would say.
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8:55p, 6/15/14
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Ole Miss is the name that slaves in the South used for their Master's wife.
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1:39p, 6/17/14
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Because Standards & Practices rejected Old Piss.



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3:19p, 6/17/14
Because in the deep south, that's the way "Old" is pronounced.
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5:41p, 6/17/14
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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


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11:23p, 6/18/14
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Object Linking and Embedding Mississippi?
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In reply to gigemags-99 • 3:02p, 3/5/20
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gigemags-99 said:
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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


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Beat me to it
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In reply to WC87 • 9:41p, 3/14/20
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By 6 years
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2:39p, 3/21/20
It's actually pronouced - oh-lay
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In reply to Aggie4Life02 • 4:30p, 3/27/20
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Aggie4Life02 said:
Ole Miss is the name that slaves in the South used for their Master's wife.
Doubtful.
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In reply to CanyonAg77 • 7:59a, 3/28/20
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CanyonAg77 said:
Aggie4Life02 said:
Ole Miss is the name that slaves in the South used for their Master's wife.
Doubtful.
Have no doubt this may be the case in a place or some places, but the idea that this was some universal term is ridiculous.
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6:24a, 12/20/20
I hope this isn't offensive. But I've always seen a family connection to that of either SMU, Ole Miss, or Texas-Austin.

If their children are from Texas and are Longhorns, then they likely will attend one of these three institutions. It's just a generality that I perceive. I realize that I could be wrong...
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In reply to Patriot101 • 4:13p, 1/8/21
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There are many regional and family connections between the State of Mississippi and Texas, as well as the fact that many graduates from Ole Miss end up in Texas for work.

Before the 70s, almost everybody went to regional schools, or a school with family connections, including athletes.
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In reply to Patriot101 • 3:46p, 1/24/21
Patriot101 said:
I hope this isn't offensive. But I've always seen a family connection to that of either SMU, Ole Miss, or Texas-Austin.

If their children are from Texas and are Longhorns, then they likely will attend one of these three institutions. It's just a generality that I perceive. I realize that I could be wrong...
You're not wrong...it's a little sister to SMU. Those that don't have the money or academic chops..it's an alternate.
I'm not real familiar with SMU and if they are as ******baggy as UM types. But UM has that in spades.
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In reply to rwtxag83 • 10:49a, 4/12/21
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rwtxag83 said:
CanyonAg77 said:
Aggie4Life02 said:
Ole Miss is the name that slaves in the South used for their Master's wife.
Doubtful.
Have no doubt this may be the case in a place or some places, but the idea that this was some universal term is ridiculous.
Just like with tu's fight over their Eyes of Texas song, once the woke mob of "children" get ahold of this, they won't care about the ridiculous level of it. Would not be surprised if this issue is the "issue of our times" in the near future.
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11:31a, 10/21/21
Easier to say "Ole" than "Old." Southern speak.
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In reply to strbrst777 • 3:38p, 10/27/21
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strbrst777 said:
Easier to say "Ole" than "Old." Southern speak.
Even easier to say Ole Piss.
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8:31p, 11/11/21
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Because Casa Ole is not state specific enough.
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