Thread: The "M" word??? Help settle a bet.
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Old 09-29-2005, 10:41 AM
StevieG StevieG is offline
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Default Re: The \"M\" word??? Help settle a bet.
People are overly sensitive in the U.S. I'm not surprised this term offended someone, despite the fact it is inoffensive.

There is nothing racist in the etymology of the word
"niggardly" either, but that did not help this guy.
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