Re: Black Sheep Beer-black this, black that oh hahaha


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Posted by Jon on January 04, 2006 at 14:46:19 from 199.159.117.62 user Jon.

In Reply to: Re: Black Sheep Beer-black this, black that oh hahaha posted by Peter H on January 04, 2006 at 13:35:23:

Peter H wrote:

I think Jock's attempt to make a joke out of 'niggardly' is the worst, and he ought to be ashamed of it. The word has an entirely different root and he knows it.

However there was a recent (last several years) case where, IIRC a school principal, was severely censured for using "niggardly" and thereby offending the blacks in his school district. Whether the root is the same or not, people took offense. The furor didn't subside even after it was pointed out that the origins and meanings were totally different; I believe the more incensed protesters took the position that the word was chosen because of its homophonic qualities.


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