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[–]hfxB0oyA 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Christ, the etymology of the two words aren't even related. The world is full of know-nothing retards.

[–]bife_de_lomo 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's interesting that the very page itself discusses this:

usage: The words niggard and niggardly are sometimes perceived as insulting because they sound like the highly offensive word nigger. However, niggard dates back to Middle English. The first element nygg-, nig- was borrowed from a Scandinavian source, and -ard is a pejorative suffix. The English word niggardly is a modern English formation from niggard. Therefore the two words are not etymologically related to nigger. See also nigger.

People who might take offence need only read the next paragraph.

I agree, it's crazy they felt the need to warn people

[–]HiddenFox 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

People who might take offence need only read the next paragraph.

Ha, the reading stops at n.i.g. from there it's straight to the keyboard for some outrage.

[–]GraviAss We Can 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

Lol, niggard.

[–]Musky 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Niggard please.

[–]cunninglingus 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Absolutely shocking, Larry. What a great post. It's a sign, isn't it? Empathetic crackers gonna destroy the world. Fuck those non-crackers, all 6,800,848,647 of them.

🙄🔫

dumbass

[–]jjj49er🧠 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

If words offend you, then you have some serious issues. Instead of telling everyone what they can or can't say around you, you should learn how to be an adult and deal with what other people say. I never thought adults could be so stupid and immature.

[–]GraviAss We Can 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

DAS WAYCIST!

[–]MagicMike 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The bottom 60% have the intellect of a gnat. The next 20% (carpenters, plumbers, electricians and the like) are capable of thought. The top 20% are intelligent but a lot of them are lib shit eaters.

[–]iamonlyoneman 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Use a better dictionary then https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=niggard

[–]MagicMike 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Niggardly is a word like any other. Only shit eaters would call it racist.

[–]cant_even 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

How sensitive.

The complexity of the explanation is wasted on the demographic most likely to be 'offended'.