Believe it, dasquid.

Not too long ago, a U.S. politician used a word in a speech. The word means "grudgingly mean about spending or granting", somthing you might call someone who was both miserly and petty about it. Said word has never to my knowledge had any racial overtones.

However, the first part of said word sounds the same as the the infamous "N" word. Two similar-sounding words, different spellings, totally different meanings.

He was raked over the coals by the press. All the usual politicos who get their name in the paper for such things denounced his insensitivity in using such a word.

So you don't have to mis-read the word to get upset about it. You can get upset about it just as it is. If your're that type.

• Jimdoria  ~@>@