When Michael S and I attended It was Missourah to rhyme with the rah! rah!
cheers. Given the way the football team has done since, the current
pronunciation is miz-er-ee.
Michael B. Quanty, Ph.D.
Psychology Professor
Senior Institutional Researcher
Thomas Nelson Community College
PO Box 9407
Hampton, VA 23670
Phone: 757.825.3500
Fax: 757.825.3807
-----Original Message-----
From: Valerie Eastman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 3:12 PM
To: John W. Kulig; Michael Sylvester
Cc: TIPS
Subject: Missour-e vs. Missour-ah
Yes, Mizzou is the school, specifically the University of Missouri-Columbia.
I grew up in a small town along the Missouri River and I pronounce it
Missour-e. I have yet to find any rhyme or reason for who pronounces it how
(geographically speaking). Right now I live in Springfield (southwest
Missouri) and I hear it both ways. There is quite a debate about what is
the "correct" pronunciation. Personally, I have better things to do, and I
guess I'd better go do them... :-)
Val Eastman
Valerie J. Eastman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Behavioral Sciences Department
Drury University
900 North Benton Avenue
Springfield, Missouri 65802
office: 417-873-7305
fax: 417-873-6942
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John W. Kulig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Michael Sylvester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "TIPS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: Booting bouton
>
>
> Michael Sylvester wrote:
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> >
> > And while on this subject is it Missouri or Missourer?
> > I graduated from there, and when in doubt-I say Mizzou.
>
> This is a simplification, but, Missour-e if in St. Louis or Kansas
City.
> Missour-ah if anyplace else. I would guess that in Columbia it can go
either
> way. Mizzou refers to just the University, no?
>
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> not why it happens; if something occurs which he has not seen before,
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