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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread this question may a YART, but what is the...? #79790 09/05/02 01:27 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory A Alex Williams OP Pooh-Bah OP Alex Williams Pooh-Bah A Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory ...etymology of the word "niggardly"? The word sounds like a certain offensive N word but am I right in that it has no linguistic relation to that word? See link below for news story regarding "niggardly" and politcal correctness. http://www.newsobserver.com/nc24hour/ncnews/story/1699649p-1717688c.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted this question may a YART, but what is the...? Alex Williams 09/05/02 01:27 AM answer my own question Alex Williams 09/05/02 01:41 AM PC FishonaBike 09/05/02 09:15 AM Re: PC Capital Kiwi 09/05/02 09:53 AM Re: answer my own question Faldage 09/05/02 09:58 AM Re: answer my own question FishonaBike 09/05/02 10:45 AM Re: answer my own question Faldage 09/05/02 10:51 AM Re: answer my own question tsuwm 09/05/02 03:20 PM Re: answer my own question FishonaBike 09/05/02 04:01 PM Re: answer my own question Faldage 09/05/02 05:53 PM Re: this question may a YART, but what is the...? milum 09/06/02 01:29 AM Re: this question may a YART, but what is the...? Wordwind 09/06/02 07:30 AM Offensive terms Fiberbabe 09/06/02 11:44 AM Re: Offensive terms FishonaBike 09/06/02 12:41 PM Re: Offensive terms Jazzoctopus 09/08/02 06:19 PM Re: Offensive terms musick 09/08/02 08:29 PM Re: Offensive terms sjm 09/08/02 08:40 PM Re: Offensive terms wwh 09/08/02 09:34 PM Re: Offensive terms milum 09/09/02 12:52 AM Re: Offensive terms sjm 09/09/02 01:11 AM Re: Offensive terms Wordwind 09/09/02 09:34 AM Ayleurs FishonaBike 09/09/02 02:36 PM Re: Ayleurs AnnaStrophic 09/09/02 02:55 PM Re: Ayleurs FishonaBike 09/09/02 03:19 PM Re: Ayleurs tsuwm 09/09/02 03:42 PM Re: Ayleurs FishonaBike 09/10/02 02:16 PM Re: Offensive terms Jackie 09/09/02 06:42 PM Re: Offensive terms FishonaBike 09/10/02 02:20 PM Re: Offensive terms sjm 09/10/02 08:01 PM Re: Offensive terms Wordwind 09/10/02 08:14 PM Re: Offensive terms sjm 09/10/02 08:18 PM Re: Offensive terms Jackie 09/11/02 01:29 AM Re: Offensive terms Faldage 09/11/02 09:45 AM Re: Safire's Law Wordwind 09/11/02 08:36 PM Re: Safire's Law tsuwm 09/11/02 08:46 PM Re: Safire's Law Wordwind 09/11/02 09:13 PM Re: Safire's Law Faldage 09/12/02 09:23 AM Re: Safire's Law Jackie 09/12/02 01:38 PM Re: Safire's Law Alex Williams 09/13/02 01:18 AM Re: Offensive terms FishonaBike 09/09/02 02:24 PM Re: this question may a YART, but what is the...? Bean 09/06/02 02:30 PM Re: this question may a YART, but what is the...? stales 09/13/02 03:26 AM Re: this question may a YART, but what is the...? milum 09/13/02 03:40 AM Re: this question may a YART, but what is the...? stales 09/13/02 01:16 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,412 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 953 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 27 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,583 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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