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White Woman Explains Why As An Anti-Racist Ally She Refuses To Say Any Word That Starts With 'N' | The Onion (www.youtube.com)

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[-] stinerman@midwest.social 15 points 10 months ago

Reminds me of the sordid history of the word "niggardly" (which means cheap/stingy).

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago

And apparently has nothing to do with the word "nigger". I think the word was used in my translation of The Twelve Caesars and I had to look it up. Turns out there's a whole Wikipedia article on it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_about_the_word_niggardly

[-] OctopusKurwa@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Nah dude Suetonius was just mad racist

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

Suetonius dropping hard r before it was even invented. He was just that sort of guy

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