White Woman Explains Why As An Anti-Racist Ally She Refuses To Say Any Word That Starts With 'N' | The Onion
White Woman Explains Why As An Anti-Racist Ally She Refuses To Say Any Word That Starts With 'N' | The Onion
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Reminds me of the sordid history of the word "niggardly" (which means cheap/stingy).
And apparently has nothing to do with the word "removed". I think the word was used in my translation of The Twelve Caesars and I had to look it up. Turns out there's a whole Wikipedia article on it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_about_the_word_niggardly
Nah dude Suetonius was just mad racist
Suetonius dropping hard r before it was even invented. He was just that sort of guy
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