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Controversies about the word niggardly (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 6 days ago by robocall@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] JBPinkle@bookwyr.me 10 points 6 days ago

I don't have enough confidence that random people in my vicinity at any point in time will know the word to ever, ever use it. The possibility of someone taking it as the n-word it kinda sounds like is just too damn high.