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Where does the name Mizzou come from?
Posted on 2/20/13 at 8:36 am
Posted on 2/20/13 at 8:36 am
Does anyone know why Missouri abbreviates their name as MIZZ? I never understood that. I know it's short for Mizzou, but why not Missou?
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Posted on 2/20/13 at 8:39 am to TDHgumbeaux
It's spelled the way it sounds phonetically. What do you not understand about this?
Posted on 2/20/13 at 8:40 am to TDHgumbeaux
Humphrey Mizzou founded the university in 1839.
Posted on 2/20/13 at 8:40 am to TDHgumbeaux
"Mizz" was a moniker used by slaves to describe GDIs
Posted on 2/20/13 at 8:41 am to TDHgumbeaux
According to www.missouri.edu, no one is sure about the origin of the nickname Mizzou. The first known use of the word was in the Missouri Alumni Quarterly in 1906.
According to facultycouncil.missouri.edu, one of the names that the University of Missouri was known as in the early 1900s was Missouri State University. Pronouncing the initials (MSU) would sound like mi-zoo.
According to facultycouncil.missouri.edu, one of the names that the University of Missouri was known as in the early 1900s was Missouri State University. Pronouncing the initials (MSU) would sound like mi-zoo.
This post was edited on 2/20/13 at 8:44 am
Posted on 2/20/13 at 8:41 am to TDHgumbeaux
Mizzou does not abbreviate the name MIZZ. That's ESPN. The university would prefer the full Mizzou on the ticker/scoreline.
Posted on 2/20/13 at 9:16 am to NaturalLight00
I do find some irony in the fact that a fan of LSU is asking this question.
Ever heard Louisianians pronounce the abbreviated form of the city of Alexandria? Lots of us say "Alex". Yet countless untold numbers of our fellow citizens call it "Ellick" for some reason.
Jim Hawthorne of LSU Play-by-Play Fame calls LSU Baseball's Taj Mahal by the name of "Alec Box Stadium" even though the former LSU student and casualty of WWI was named Alex Box.
I won't even get into the enunciation & pronunciations of the venerable denizens of "Metry" down in Metairie, Louisiana. The "Yats" down there (named for the types of folks whose accent turns the phrase, "Where are you at?" into "Where yat?") bring new and interesting phraseology on a daily basis.
We've got no room to talk.
Oh, and before other SECr members chime in, if I hear one more commercial from that syrupy-sounding redneck when I drive through Alabama who does the commercials for, "Ayluhbayuhmuh Paur"-which I think is loosely translated to the Alabama Power utility located in Bama-I'll scream.
None of us have room to talk, really.
Ever heard Louisianians pronounce the abbreviated form of the city of Alexandria? Lots of us say "Alex". Yet countless untold numbers of our fellow citizens call it "Ellick" for some reason.
Jim Hawthorne of LSU Play-by-Play Fame calls LSU Baseball's Taj Mahal by the name of "Alec Box Stadium" even though the former LSU student and casualty of WWI was named Alex Box.
I won't even get into the enunciation & pronunciations of the venerable denizens of "Metry" down in Metairie, Louisiana. The "Yats" down there (named for the types of folks whose accent turns the phrase, "Where are you at?" into "Where yat?") bring new and interesting phraseology on a daily basis.
We've got no room to talk.
Oh, and before other SECr members chime in, if I hear one more commercial from that syrupy-sounding redneck when I drive through Alabama who does the commercials for, "Ayluhbayuhmuh Paur"-which I think is loosely translated to the Alabama Power utility located in Bama-I'll scream.
None of us have room to talk, really.
Posted on 2/20/13 at 9:19 am to GFunk
Posted on 2/20/13 at 9:26 am to kywildcatfanone
I blame Disney
M I C K E Y.... M O U S E
M I C K E Y.... M O U S E
Posted on 2/20/13 at 9:32 am to TDHgumbeaux
We used to be Missouri State University. Abbreviating to MSU and saying it phonetically makes a Mizzou sound. We changed to University of Missouri but kept the nickname. There are still some markings on campus that refer to us as Missouri State University though.
Posted on 2/20/13 at 9:34 am to TDHgumbeaux
Why spell it Thibodeaux? Why not spell it Tibado?
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