The other way to spell Mississippi

Silly me, I thought it was just M-i-s-s-i-s-s-i-p-p-i.

crooked letterIt’s not just M-i-s-s-i-s-s-i-p-p-i.

Try M-i-crooked letter-crooked letter-i-crooked letter-crooked letter-i-humpback-humpback-i.

And if you want to take it to another level, the letter i becomes “straight letter”.

Honestly, I’ll stick to the regular alphabet.

But did you ever hear the joke “what has four eyes and goes south”? (If I wrote it as four i’s, it would give it away). It’s the Mississippi (and don’t get all smart on me and say it’s five i’s with River).

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Author: alliumstozinnias

A gardener (along with the Brit) who has discovered there is more than hybrid tomatoes. And a cyclist.

2 thoughts on “The other way to spell Mississippi”

    1. Back in the 1960s I was stopped by a policeman for not staying long enough at a stop sign. Excuse me? He answered “How many Mississipi-s did you count?” Whaaatt? He said “You have to count at least Four Mississippis before you go, One Mississippi Two Mississippi….then go!” I never knew there was a “Counting Mississippis law! I still do this all these years later, you never know there might be another Counting Mississipis policeman out there!

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