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    Why is Mississippi the only state name commonly used in counting ("one Mississippi, two Mississippi")?

    Question #116156. Asked by guilmon3. (Jul 21 10 4:29 PM)


    Zbeckabee

    		Because it approximates seconds:

    Explanation:
    A method of counting seconds.

    1 mississippi is one second
    2 mississippi is the #2 second

    etc.

    is 1 second
    2 seconds

    http://www.proz.com/kudoz/English/other/2908945-mississippi.html

    http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/lightning/ll_distance.htm

    Jul 21 10, 5:47 PM
    star_gazer

    		And, not only is Mississippi the name of a US state but it is also the name of the longest river in the US.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River



    Jul 21 10, 11:15 PM
    looney_tunes

    		Actually, when I was growing up in Massachusetts, we used to count 1 Massachusetts, 2 Massachusetts - only when we moved to suburban Philadelphia did it change to Mississippi. (No reference, just playground anecdotal report.)

    Jul 26 10, 6:13 AM

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