Mississippi might be showing sign of literacy improvement … but the person who misspelled Mississippi might want to think about enrolling in the program.
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Mississippi might be showing sign of literacy improvement … but the person who misspelled Mississippi might want to think about enrolling in the program.
on Nov 28th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
I can’t say s*it,I can’t spell that mother%ucker either.
on Nov 30th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
]: I have to admit that Mississippi is kinda hard for me to spell, too–though I’d expect better from a newspaper. Spell check? Isn’t this what editors are paid for? The article is just icing on the cake.
on Dec 1st, 2009 at 11:42 am
You are all retarded. You should have learned how to spell Mississippi by 5th grade at the latest. Morons.
on Dec 1st, 2009 at 8:51 pm
Literacy is concerning the ability to read, not spell.
on Dec 1st, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Actually Kate, literacy is the ability to read and write. If you can’t spell, then you can’t write. So yes, spelling is part of literacy.
on Dec 3rd, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Actually Steven, spelling takes no part in the ability to read.
i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.
yep, you read that right, it says “i coulnt believe that i could actually understand what i was reading.”
see, you dont need to spell to read.
on Dec 3rd, 2009 at 1:26 pm
The writer was using “Hooked on Phonics” [Hukt on Foneks] for the spelling. Seems like most folks from south Mississippi pronounce it “Miss’ippi,” so maybe he was just trying to present the idea of a southern dialect to his readers. You can’t blame the writer for trying.
on Dec 3rd, 2009 at 1:35 pm
The Cartographer who misspelled Missippi as Mississippi on his map in the 1800’s is the problem. If you go to Mississippi you’ll find the natives pronounce it Missippi.
on Dec 3rd, 2009 at 1:56 pm
Actually Anthony, Steven’s comment said that you cannot write correctly if you cannot spell correctly. He did not say anything to imply that there must be correct spelling in order to read. Furthermore, the study you brought up with the misspelled words requires that the FIRST and LAST letters be in the correct place and ALL letters must be present. In this case, Missippi does not include all of the letters of Mississippi.
Austin’s right, 5th grade at the latest. Morons.
on Dec 3rd, 2009 at 2:02 pm
@ Anthony
Steven never said that you must know how to spell to read. I suggest you go back and re-read what he actually said.
This is what we call “reading comprehension” and/or retention.
on Dec 3rd, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Mi double S, i double s, double p, i
on Dec 3rd, 2009 at 3:16 pm
My me-maw was from Mississippi, she used to sing it all the time “em aye ess ess aye ess ess aye pee pee aye”. Never be able to forget it.
on Dec 3rd, 2009 at 3:20 pm
M i, crooked letter, crooked letter i, crooked letter, crooked letter i, hump back, hump back i. easy.
on Dec 3rd, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Now Worcestershire souce on the other hand…I can understand misspelling that one. I hate that word. No one can pronounce it correctly either.
on Dec 3rd, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Souce, like “sow-ss”
on Dec 3rd, 2009 at 3:50 pm
“dingo”, more like “dumbass”.
on Dec 3rd, 2009 at 3:53 pm
…I hope your lava lamp breaks and burns you.
on Dec 3rd, 2009 at 4:36 pm
You mean sauce. Like sorse. Also it’s pronounced “Woostersher” sauce. Like Leicestershire is pronounced “Lestersher” Americans. Please mangle us…
on Dec 3rd, 2009 at 10:50 pm
Mississippi’s easy to spell.
Emma come-a first.
I’s-a come-a next.
Two ass-a come-a together.
I’s-a comin’ again.
Two ass-a come-a together again.
I pee pee.a
I’s-a comin’ for da last-a time…
Mamma mia!
on Dec 4th, 2009 at 12:04 am
Looks like a headline copy-fitting issue to me.
on Dec 4th, 2009 at 12:18 am
PMon, I see your logic, but good editors can rearrange, reword, or resize headlines to fit the space. This error made me laugh so hard…mainly because it’s an AP story!
on Dec 4th, 2009 at 12:29 am
M – iss – iss – ipp – i. That’s how they taught us in elementary school. All the S’s and P’s are doubled.
on Dec 4th, 2009 at 2:23 am
ippississim
on Dec 4th, 2009 at 3:08 am
so nobody considered the idea that the headline writer of this article was just being ironic?
on Dec 4th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
@ Chris
Considering the article is from Associated Press (see the little AP in the corner?) and not the Onion, I doubt that’s the case.
on Dec 10th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
@pmon
i agree, with what you’re saying, my only problem is that it would be easy much easier to rewrite it completely and fit Mississippi…
@midijunky
you talk as though associated press is one group…
why is that?
on Dec 20th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
M, I, crooked-letter, crooked-letter, I, crooked-letter, crooked-letter, I, hump-back, hump-back, I.
Duh…
on Dec 21st, 2009 at 2:33 pm
It’s spelled the way they say it in Mississippi. I Was stationed there for a while,while in the service.Their accent takes a while to get used to.
on Dec 21st, 2009 at 11:59 pm
At school in Canada, we used to sit and chant the spelling to get it into our heads, it’s a tough one to spell. EM-AYE-ESS-ESS-I-ESS-ESS-I-PI-PI-AYE! Yes, i still remember that…
on Dec 23rd, 2009 at 12:42 pm
I fart whenever I see a stupid idiotic misspelling like that one. What a maroon!
on Dec 23rd, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Have i mentioned that Christ is a myth? No such thing as Jesus. Have a lovely Dec 25th
on Dec 23rd, 2009 at 9:48 pm
@ ignatz
Thank you, seriously, about time somone said it… lets get together to celebrate the birth of a man who may or may not have existed, and if he did, may or may not have said things to promote peace on earth and good will towards man. oh and lets celebrate it by decorating a tree with lights and little ornaments, and gifts wrapped in brightly colored paper… stupid christians
on Dec 27th, 2009 at 1:47 am
Actually being from “Mis’sippi”, I feel I can justifiably say that what we actually say is Mississippi, with very little emphasis on the second syllable, so that it comes out fast and soft. Ergo, the author of this article is just a common idiot. Which, it may surprise you, is common amongst reporters.
on Jan 7th, 2010 at 2:16 pm
M – I – SQUIGGLE LETTER – SQUIGGLE LETTER – I – SQUIGGLE LETTER – SQUIGGLE LETTER – I – HUMPBACK – HUMPBACK – I
my elementary trick
on Jan 13th, 2010 at 12:50 am
Even we in the Netherlands know how it is spelled by singing the word
on Jan 13th, 2010 at 7:28 am
too many comments to read them all, but it’s quite possible that for space sake, since the column width would limit long words in a headline, that the state name was contracted. That apostrophe serves double duty, as indicator of a possessive pronoun AND that the pronoun was a contraction.
The fact is, no one DIDN’T understand what was being communicated. (Sorry for the double negative.)
on Jan 13th, 2010 at 7:34 am
oh, and as if it weren’t already obvious; everyone is a fucking critic these days, and too often for no justifiable reason.