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[Scurrilous]

Alabama Misspells Mississippi on Tickets

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"Like all of you, when I think of the state of Alabama, I think -- fount of educational enlightenment. After all, it's hard to think of a state with a better record of progressive education in the country. That's why I was so disappointed when I discovered that the university misspelled Mississippi State on its November 13th season tickets. In their defense the Crimson Tide brain trust managed to get the four s's and the four i's -- the truly hard part of a state name that has bedeviled millions of elementary school students in the South -- but got a bit lazy when it came to the two p's.

In Alabama you spell Mississippi -- as pictured at Friends of the Program sports blog -- with only one p. Sadly this violates a sacrosanct educational mantra that also goes back generations in the South, applying the M-I-crooked letter-crooked letter-I-crooked letter-crooked letter-I humpback-humpback-I" spelling trick. (One that this writer has applied approximately 28 times while writing this column.)

The University of Alabama issued this official statement in light of the spelling error: "There was an unfortunate oversight during the editing process. That process is being thoroughly reviewed. We regret the error and we are working to prevent it from happening in the future."

Yep, even the Alabama athletic department cites "process" now."

http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2010/08/12/alabama-misspells-mississippi-on-tickets?icid=sphere_tribune_sunsentinel_inline

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