re: &quot;Ole Miss&#39; is essentially the same name as &quot;Notre Dame&quot;

Posted by TH03

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Posted on 12/20/24 at 8:03 pm to JohnnyRebel

The source for the claim of the slave related origin comes from a book printed by the fricking school itself LMAO

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The university's byname "Ole Miss" was first used in 1897, when it won a contest of suggestions for a yearbook title. The term originated as a title domestic slaves used to distinguish the mistress of a plantation from "young misses". Fringe origin theories include it coming from a diminutive of "Old Mississippi", or from the name of the "Ole Miss" train that ran from Memphis to New Orleans. Within two years, students and alumni were using "Ole Miss" to refer to the university.

Footnote for the bolded part:

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Sansing, David (1999). The University of Mississippi: A Sesquicentennial History. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781578060917.

LINK

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Posted by bbap

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Posted on 12/20/24 at 8:03 pm to SirWinston

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They both essentially mean "Our Mother" or "Leading woman of my sphere"

Notre Dame does not translate to our mother, it means our Lady, like you mentioned referring to Mary. Our mother would be Notre Mere.

This post was edited on 12/20/24 at 8:05 pm

Posted by GruntbyAssociation

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Posted on 12/20/24 at 8:06 pm to JohnnyRebel

I thought it was Ole’ Miss as in you were trying to up your hispanic enrollment.

This post was edited on 12/20/24 at 9:07 pm

Posted by Oilfieldbiology

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Posted on 12/20/24 at 8:11 pm to lsu711

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quote:the mother of Jesus

quote:the wife of a plantation owner or the mistress of a household

Yeah, sounds like exactly the same thing.

I’m so happy your reply was the first reply to the OP

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Posted by Oilfieldbiology

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Posted on 12/20/24 at 8:13 pm to JohnnyRebel

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Too bad that’s a lie made up by liberal media. The Name Ole Miss came from a year book nickname

The nickname was for the slave owners wife

Posted by OKBoomerSooner

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Posted on 12/20/24 at 8:21 pm to SirWinston

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I had no idea what Notre Dame meant

I’m embarrassed for this board that anyone bit on such low-effort bait

Posted by TH03

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Posted on 12/20/24 at 8:28 pm to JohnnyRebel

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JohnnyRebel

Why are you ignoring the fact that ole miss' professor emeritus of history and renowned Mississippi historian said the slave related origin was correct?

Posted by pevetohead

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Posted on 12/20/24 at 8:36 pm to SirWinston

This is in contention for worst thread of 2024

Posted by Bestbank Tiger

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Posted on 12/20/24 at 8:38 pm to red sox fan 13

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They have about the same level of success post-integration too.

Notre Dame has a natty with players who aren't on Social Security yet.

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Posted on 12/20/24 at 8:41 pm to Bestbank Tiger

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Notre Dame has a natty with players who aren't on Social Security ye

Lol

Posted by lsufball19

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Posted on 12/20/24 at 8:42 pm to JohnnyRebel

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This idea of Ole Miss’ nickname coming from that, didn’t happen until modern day liberals ran out of racism supply.

I mean your nickname Rebels is from the confederate army and your mascot was a plantation owner. It wasn’t until the late 90s rebel flags in the stadium were banned and even longer before you stopped playing Dixie at games. It doesn’t take much stretching to make your school’s nickname a derivative from plantation life as well. That is/was the school’s entire identity

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Posted by Camp Randall

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Posted on 12/20/24 at 8:43 pm to SirWinston

Yours is a very transparent act

Posted by TH03

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Posted on 12/20/24 at 8:49 pm to lsufball19

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I mean your nickname Rebels is from the confederate army and your mascot was a plantation owner. It wasn’t until the late 90s rebel flags in the stadium were banned and even longer before you stopped playing Dixie at games. It doesn’t take much stretching to make your school’s nickname a derivative from plantation life as well. That is/was the school’s entire identity

Posted by JakeFromStateFarm

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Posted on 12/20/24 at 9:00 pm to SirWinston

Yeah they’re exactly the same if you’re a dumbass.

Posted by PowerTool

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Posted on 12/20/24 at 9:04 pm to TH03

I read that the name of the planet "Mars" is racist. Back in slave days, if the master was angry, the slaves would say "Ol' Mars Johnson is gettin red in der face." Hence, we call the red planet "Mars."