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To: longnshort who wrote (4914)	5/13/2010 7:05:33 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

Of course, I disagree. But I do love the word. And I use it. There is some value to being "politically correct"--human beings ought not to be stigmatized by ignorant labels rife with centuries of hate and prejudice. On the other hand there is another side. Rational people must speak up for common sense. NIGGARDLY has nothing to do with the common idea. "The adverb form niggardly, miserly or stingily, was formed in the sixteenth century from niggard, a miser or stingy person. In the Wycliffe Bible of 1384 it was spelled nygard; earlier still it can be found as nigon, and another form nig also existed. We are pretty sure this was borrowed from a Scandinavian source, because there are related words in several Germanic languages, for example, the Old Norse hnøgger, meaning “stingy”. So it has nothing to do with nigger, which comes via French nègre from Spanish negro, ultimately from Latin niger, meaning “black”."