Welcome to the good ole' You 'S' of Hey! ;D

The land of the free (trying to free as much up for government/commercial use as possible) and home of the brave (well, it used to be the home of the 'brave' until all of the European settlers and descendants swept across the continent and obliterated them).  And where you can't speak proper English, using a word like NIGGARDLY, without idiots who refer to their lawyers before a dictionary start lampooning you.

I'm posting this, because if you follow the etymology (that's the derivation of the origin and change of the word over time - for the politicians) you'll note that there is not a single reference to Africa... go figure.

Main Entry:1niggard
Pronunciation:nig(r)d
Function:noun
Inflected Form:-s
Etymology:Middle English nigart, nigard, niggard, probably from earlier nig niggard (of Scandinavian origin) + -art, -ard; akin to Old Norse hnggr niggardly, stingy, hnggva, hnyggja to humble, bring down; akin to Old English hn*aw niggardly, stingy, Old High German hniuwan to crush, Greek knyein to scratch, knoos, knous grating noise of an axle, sound of footsteps, knuos itch, Latvian knTt, knTst to itch and to Latin ciner-, cinis ashes * more at INCINERATE

 : a person meanly close and covetous

I stopped listening to, trying to understand, and believing politicians completely after the Terry Shiavo 'bill'.  And this race for absolute PCness can only lead to book and people burning.  Smile while they do it - or you might insult someone...

C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder, but when you do, you blow your whole leg off.

 -- Bjarne Stroustrup

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