[Verginius Rufus]

“Niggardly” is completely unrelated to “the N-word.”

[grania]

re: they're different words

They are:

nigger: any person with dark skin; deemed a vulger and offensive term

niggardly: (2nd definition) meanly insufficient; scanty.

niggle: to occupy oneself with trifles

So I could say that people who get so bent out of shape about the word "nigger" are niggardly and like to niggle.

[freedumb2003]

>>“Niggardly” is completely unrelated to “the N-word.”<<

And there is no replacement word. “Niggardly” isn’t the same as “cheap” nor “miserly” — it means meting out allocated resources in a very diminished manner.

Orwell was right — own the language, own the discussion.

[mrsmel]

That’s true, but app 20 years ago a man was still hounded from his job for saying it, even though he said it in context.