Democratic Senator Uses "N" Word About Colleagues

[pspr]

Quote from rew:

Actually "niggardly" has no etymological connection to "nigger", the latter being a corruption of the Spanish word for "black" and the former being of Scandinavian origin. But Americans are far more politically correct than literate, so are easily alarmed and horrified by one man calling another a miser.

That may be the origin but it's definately not the connotation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_about_the_word_"niggardly"

 

[cgroupman]

Quote from pspr:

To avoid a sword in the chest or a bullet in the head it would pay to be polite. As you say, better keep your words polite and respectful.

That's funny about honking horns. In the Phillippines they use it as a code because the roads are mostly winding two lane afairs and without any sidewalks.
One beep means (to a pedestrian) watch out I'm coming up behind you.
Two beeps means watch out you need to move.
One solid beep means too late you're dead.

Is that true, pretty good. I remember my first driving experience in Mexico City, so many years ago. I was told if your fender was 2 teed in front of the guy next to you, you were in charge, and should honk once just to be sure that guy yielded to you. Great way to drive, pretty funny.


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