Message Forum: Re: The work is never done.

Re: The work is never done.

Posted By: Sam, on host 209.6.138.216
Date: Saturday, July 24, 1999, at 14:40:51
In Reply To: The work is never done. posted by Wolfspirit on Saturday, July 24, 1999, at 06:47:54:

> [No, "niggardly" doesn't mean the racial n-word. Look it up. I'm sure Sam knew about that referential allusion already...:]

I did, but I've also heard stories of people simply refusing to believe the word isn't somehow related to the racial slur and getting all mad about it. So I don't use that word either, purely out of a kind of caution I rather resent having to take.