• Fubarberry
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    605 months ago

    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.

    • @danc4498
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      135 months ago

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

    • veroxii
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      55 months ago

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

      • @jaybone
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        25 months ago

        HP has been running this scam since Gutenberg.

    • @HootinNHollerin
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      5 months ago

      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
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        55 months ago

        Education is also optional there.

  • THCDenton
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    115 months ago

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

  • Zier
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    85 months ago

    Who is this Miss Ippi and why do we care?

  • @starchylemming
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    85 months 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
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    55 months 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.