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Originally Posted by Mirador
I have further researched the offensive word, and have found out its etimology. Niggardly means "miserly" or "stingy", and the first written record of the word dates from 1530, and the noun niggard, "miser", has been around much longer, having been used by Geoffrey Chaucer in 1374.
Now, just because some colored folk living on a certain street and corner in New York City take offense at a perfectly legitimate and accepted word only because its pronunciation suggests a slang word derived from the word Negro, the rest of the English speaking world should stop using it?
My God, what planet are you from. Fag in England is a cigarette, you definately would not go to the states and walk up to a guy and say, "Do you have a Fag". Now would you? Use some common since. There are so many other words that have the same meaning as Niggardly (DUH, I KNOW WHAT THE WORD MEANS!) but don't you think a bit a civility in your part would come to play in your word selection. If you choose to use it, so be it, but don't be surprised that someone, white or black, may not know what it means, or someone may not hear the "dly" part because a gust of wind distorted the sound. Next thing you know, there is a shouting match, or blows start to throw. Like I said, Know your audience, and use your best judgement.
Well, as far as the audience here, you probably could have taken the "dly" off and gotten away with it. It wouldn't suprise me.
Point is the WORD is perfectly used in Miradors context, Just because you would not use it in Harlem does not mean that you can't use it another english speaking country, or even in the USA once you get away from the Cities.
And it is not a US board. Politicly Correct bah humbug. :tired:
Can't ask for a Fag in the US true because you won't get your smoke, but you will offend somebody as much as using the N word. Just a different person. :cross-eye
Worst conversation I ever sat in on and did not understand was between myself, a Brit, a Scot, and an Aussie, oh and Nuffi. :nervous:
Any words in spanish or other languages, CO?O is used by kids here but a very bad word in Cuba.
Originally Posted by Mirador
I have further researched the offensive word, and have found out its etimology. Niggardly means "miserly" or "stingy", and the first written record of the word dates from 1530, and the noun niggard, "miser", has been around much longer, having been used by Geoffrey Chaucer in 1374.
Now, just because some colored folk living on a certain street and corner in New York City take offense at a perfectly legitimate and accepted word only because its pronunciation suggests a slang word derived from the word Negro, the rest of the English speaking world should stop using it?
My God, what planet are you from. Fag in England is a cigarette, you definately would not go to the states and walk up to a guy and say, "Do you have a Fag". Now would you? Use some common since. There are so many other words that have the same meaning as Niggardly (DUH, I KNOW WHAT THE WORD MEANS!) but don't you think a bit a civility in your part would come to play in your word selection. If you choose to use it, so be it, but don't be surprised that someone, white or black, may not know what it means, or someone may not hear the "dly" part because a gust of wind distorted the sound. Next thing you know, there is a shouting match, or blows start to throw. Like I said, Know your audience, and use your best judgement.
Well, as far as the audience here, you probably could have taken the "dly" off and gotten away with it. It wouldn't suprise me.
Point is the WORD is perfectly used in Miradors context, Just because you would not use it in Harlem does not mean that you can't use it another english speaking country, or even in the USA once you get away from the Cities.
And it is not a US board. Politicly Correct bah humbug. :tired: Can't ask for a Fag in the US true because you won't get your smoke, but you will offend somebody as much as using the N word. Just a different person. :cross-eye
Worst conversation I ever sat in on and did not understand was between myself, a Brit, a Scot, and an Aussie, oh and Nuffi. :nervous:
Any words in spanish or other languages, CO?O is used by kids here but a very bad word in Cuba.