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To: nickcarraway

The traditional southern pronunciation is nigra, and it does not mean the other word, but all this crap makes one want to use it.


5 posted on 05/06/2023 11:32:25 AM PDT by xxqqzz
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To: xxqqzz
#5: The traditional southern pronunciation is nigra"

How many times did we hear Lyndon "Great Society" Johnson pronounce it precisely that way? It never sounded like a slur to me.

18 posted on 05/06/2023 12:01:07 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: xxqqzz

What’s wrong with the root negre?


20 posted on 05/06/2023 12:23:44 PM PDT by himno hero (had'nff)
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To: xxqqzz

I only heard it from really old people. For a woman usually. Men were “nigros”. It was considered the cultured way of saying it in the Carolinas. Using the N word was considered common.


25 posted on 05/06/2023 12:54:00 PM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: xxqqzz

In Central Virginia it was pronounced KNEEgrow for men and KNEEgress for women. Everyone was happy with the situation... until the white liberals pizzed on everything.


40 posted on 05/06/2023 5:39:41 PM PDT by oldvirginian (A friend helps you move furniture. A Real friend helps you move bodies. )
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