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Re: Beginning to Put Things On Top Of Other Things
Posted By: Darien, on host 140.186.100.111
Date: Saturday, July 24, 1999, at 18:11:35
In Reply To: Re: Beginning to Put Things On Top Of Other Things posted by Howard on Saturday, July 24, 1999, at 09:02:27:

> > > > I still haven't tried it myself. But when I attempted to type the "n-word" earlier, I received a screen informing me of the presence of the offending term...
> > >
> > > Okay, this is a stupid question, and obviously unanswerable, but I have to ask - what is the "n-word?" I canna think of one.
> >
> > Even more confusing, when Issachar posted that, I checked my "bad word" list and couldn't find any that started with 'n'. (But his post made me think of the racial slur, so I went and added it.)
>
> Wasn't there a little flap in the news recently about some ignoramous who thought "niggardly" was a racial slur? I guess the wise thing to do is to avoid words that might offend somebody, even if it's just a misunderstanding.

I prefer to avoid people who might be offended by words like that. I have to alter my speech patterns less often that way.

Niggardarienly