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To: Bald Eagle who wrote (35613)10/26/2001 10:32:33 AM
From: Rambi  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 82486
 
Is the origin of the word "niggardly" the same as the origin of the other "n" word
No-
the spelling is different- niggardly uses an A, the other and E. The "word that may not be spoken" is derived from the Spanish word negro, and the French, negre.
Niggardly is from middle-English, nigard or maybe nig which means stingy person. Scandanavian origins according to my AHD



To: Bald Eagle who wrote (35613)10/26/2001 10:42:12 AM
From: cosmicforce  Respond to of 82486
 
Same reason it is okay for you to joke that you are an a-hole, but it is rude for me to do it.


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