Niggers, and Fags

[tinselwolverine]

So, I've been mulling this about.

As we all know, it has fairly suddenly become perfectly acceptable for young people to address each other as what we oldsters in horror refer to as "the N word" as long as they say "nigger" with a soft "r;" i.e., "niggah."

Now, the linguist in me believes that "niggah" isn't its own word; it's just nigger pronounced with a soft r, as nigger is pronounced in many dialects of English.

However -

nig -GAH - with the acCENT on the wrong sylLAble - arguably is its own word - and therefore its acceptability is heretofore not decided.

So...


When a flag is thrown in an NFL game going forward, because some referee has thought he has heard the word nigger -

Are we going to see, for example, Bill Belecheck running out onto the field and screaming at a flag throwing referee "my player didn't say nigger - he said 'nig-GAH' - it's its own word, and is a completely different word."

The banishment of "fag'" and also probably "faggot" is problematic in its own right.

If, let's say, Tom Brady, gets flagged for saying fag, is he going to affect a British accent, and say, "no, I didn't mean fag as in homosexual - my wife is a European supermodel, and I said fag as in cigarette - because I'm jonesing for a fag."

A lot of people from our beautiful Great Lakes Midwest pronounce fag as "faig" with a hard "a" sound.

So when a football player from the NFL Midwest gets flagged for fag, will he say "no - I didn't say faig - I said 'fake.' I thought the other team was running a fake."

The Yiddish word for fag is 'fagala;' is that going to be banned?

And if so, why wouldn't any player who was flagged for fagala just claim to be Islamic, and say "no, I didn't say fagala - I said "Thank Allah."?

 

[Mitchrapp]

Why would anyone say niggah and fagala? Lol.

 

[Mitchrapp]

And I'm not sure any football players are Yiddish.

 

[tinselwolverine]

And I'm not sure any football players are Yiddish.

There would be a huge irony in somebody speaking something Yiddish then claiming to be Islamic though.

 

[kalinecountry]

Never liked the first word Ever, with any kind of spelling. Growing up my friends and acquaintances and I always listened to Soul, jazz, and Blues. It would bother me that some of them would use the word.

We still use the second word though, including the word tulip. I apologize to any if gay Detroit sports fans here. i had a couple of gay friends growing up, and did not realize it until we were in our 20's. They hid it plus my being naive to it. Didn't care when I found out years later, we was friends first.

Guess I'm not a 100% mitzvis / mitzvah.

 

[turok]

Its actually used in a greeting, like "Whazzup mah niggah?"

Or used alone in a derogatory, insulting purpose if one is exerting authority or dominance over another.

Not advisable for other races to use regardless if the intent is done in mirth or not, unless they are well known to them and they are okay with it....ie.."whazzup mah niggah?" "Fuck ya'll crackah!!"

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[tinselwolverine]

I apologize to any if gay Detroit sports fans here.

It has occurred to me, and on more than one occasion, That the first openly gay poster to this board is likely going to be the coolest person in the world, assuming that poster understands sports.

As a lot of you know, I've gone out of my way to meet fellow posters to this board, and in all likelihood I'll go out of my way to meet the first openly gay poster to this board.

And when I meet him I'm going to say "wazzup, mah faig?"

 

[cheeno]

Just a diversion to get people talking about things other than concussions and HGH. I guess it worked here's a new Lambo PR guy.

 

[Cliff]

How about we all just quit being offended. There is nothing you can say that will hurt my feelings as long as I don't give a shit what you think. After all at the end of the day fuck you anyway, right? Banning words is for fags and niggers and I don't care what color your skin is or who you fuck.

 

[manchild98]

Although I rarely use it for obvious reasons I always have loved the N word. I think it's a great word to use on any race...but sadly it is associated with just one race. There is a scene in the movie Bad Grandpa where Johnny Knoxville (dressed as a white old man) is pretending he has his dick stuck in a pop machine outside of a party store and he's asking people to help him. This black guy walks up, sees his situation, basically ignores him and then walks into the party and yells out..."this nigger has his dick stuck in the machine."

That's how I feel the word should be used...not on any single race but just associated with anyone doing something screwed up.

 

[tonyballs]

Ok!!

 

[jdeb]

And I'm not sure any football players are Yiddish.

That was my first thought... Lol

I find calling someone a homo is more acceptable!

 

[Mitchrapp]

That was my first thought... Lol

I find calling someone a homo is more acceptable!

The old days when you could call someone a homo just for the hell of it.