this post was submitted on 06 May 2024
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[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 61 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Unpopular opinion, but the extra "iss" is unnecessary for reading the word, and with this being a newspaper article they have limited headline space.

Clearly this is just efficient debloating of the article title.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 year ago

tl;dr bot out here taking jobs from journalists

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Also, it’s great for grabbing people’s attention. Exactly the purpose of a headline.

[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Think of all the ink they're saving! The ink is how they usually get you.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

HP has been running this scam since Gutenberg.

[–] xlash123@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mississississippi

Did it get it right?

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Shhh... You're going to summon all the stray cats.

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
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[–] CptEnder@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[–] thagoat@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be fair, that's kinda how they say it down in Missippi

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yep that’s definitely how it’s pronounced there. The second I is basically silent so it could be just 4 s’ in a row

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Education is also optional there.

[–] superfes@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

*hurted.

get it right

[–] ulkesh@beehaw.org 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Much more likely it’s a doctored photo just to make the joke. Either way, it’s sad.

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

My mom taught me how to spell that before I could read. It was fun because I said pp. Core memory.

[–] fl42v@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Misipi's" -- deduplicate the right way

[–] AlolanYoda@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Mi(S2i)2P2i

[–] Zier@fedia.io 8 points 1 year ago

Who is this Miss Ippi and why do we care?

[–] starchylemming@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

that name needs work anyway a reform is in order: i miss my pee pee?

m ee pee pee ?

or just call it the piss state and be done with it

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Plot twist: Alabama used to write Southern Mississippi's news papers. Not all of them obviously, but the Mississippi Press was written by the Mobile Press Register. No joke.

[–] Gallardo994@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Is it where they make Schweppes?

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

If that’s improvement, I’d hate to think what it was before.

[–] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Sounds about right, actually.