I'll say it again Australians are Ridiculous...

Yeah, but they have that great accent. Maybe Santa should stick to g'day.

Ahhh political correctness, you are the anti-christ

First Aussie Santa's, next Hostess snack treats! Sure you stay quiet now, but wait till they come after your favorite garden tool. Oops! Will the P.C. police allow the word tool?

I say as long as he's dressed as Santa (not Santa Pimpin' or something), I wouldn't feel offended. The other day I thought someone said w---- in stead of hoarder. Ooops...

"having a good vocabulary is not a crime"

.....Ehhhh. Maybe a "diverse" vocabulary? or a "colorful" or "eclectic", even?(shrugs shoulders) I figure, the "n" word is so trashy to use, it doesn't even rate being a part of one's "vocabulary". I mean, isn't it considered a slam, like saying that when one talks down a seller's price, that they have "Jew-ed" them down? I think it's intelligent to see if they will take less, what do you lose to ask? So, if it's not a "racial" word, then maybe I'm just overly empathizing. Words, to me, are primarily about the implied meaning, whether they are offensive. Ppl tend to be a bit too free to use hurtful terms, AND too easily hurt by others' ignorance. IMHO.

On a lighter note, I'll never forget the time (PitBullGrrl reminded me of this)when my husband and I were at a thrift store looking to buy something, and it was my habit to see if they would come down on the price. (My husband said that I liked to "dicker" about the price whenever we went anywhere, later he came to appreciate this talent) So, after the salesperson went and found out the price for us, I said "OK", cause it sounded like a good deal to me. Hubby was surprised that I hadn't tried to get a better bargain, and said "What, aren't you even going to dicker?" to which I HAD to say "Isn't he going to do WHAT to me??!"

The salesboy's face got red and we cracked up. Poor kid. So, that's my story & I'm sticking to it.

I agree with you on that.

True story

Funny...it surprised me that abbiegrrl was hinting that the root of the word n-i-g-g-a-r-d-l-y" would be that most hateful of terms, so I looked it up hoping to find a history of the word, and here's what I found:

Middle English nigard, perhaps from nig, stingy person, of Scandinavian origin.

The "n-word"'s second to last letter is e, not a, which would distance our word from the slur.

Still, I'm interested to know if the n-word was derived from this word somehow. Anybody have a background in linguistics?