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PC or ignorance??
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lankeela's post made me remember an incident that happened in Washington DC: An aide to the mayor used the word "n!ggardly" (note the letter A)"in reference to a budget cut or some such thing and the outrage was unbelievable resulting in the aide resigning his post. I find it ridiculous that just b/c people are too ignorant to grasp the English language that this guy resigned. He later was re-offered a position and took it. The 2 similar sounding words do not even have the same etymology, or root, so it was ridiculous. I admit I did not know the word, but looked it up when I heard the news and just laughed at the whole thing. FYI":It means skint, or stingy
Ha, when I tried to post it with the correct spelling the site blocked the word. It is not a bad word!!!!!
Ha, when I tried to post it with the correct spelling the site blocked the word. It is not a bad word!!!!!
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