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Well, some people say it daily to their friends so it probably depends on the person and the context.
by Phil987 5y ago
Well, some people say it daily to their friends so it probably depends on the person and the context.
- kube-system 5y agoIt definitely depends on the context, along with thousands of other words in the dictionary.
- fastball 5y agoSo we should probably update and clarify that this is a word that can be used as a derogatory racist slur but it can also be used otherwise.
- kube-system 5y agoWho needs to update or clarify what? Even English dictionaries explain this.
- fastball 5y agoWell cool_dude85 claims it is a racist slur, when the reality is that it can be a racist slur, which I would argue (and you seem to agree) is not the same thing.
- kube-system 5y agoThat claim was a child comment to a specific usage of the word, which contained the context necessary for that commenter to come to that conclusion.
- fastball 5y agoThe context being the video in that linked article? Certainly wasn't enough context for me to make such a determination. I have no idea if she was using that word to talk about black people in general, her black friends, her white friends, herself, or something else entirely. Much less if it was being used in a derogatory manner.
- kube-system 5y agoThat, objectively, is enough context to determine the usage given the usage notes for that word in both Websters and OSX built-in dictionaries.
- fastball 5y agoI'm not sure I follow? Are you saying the context here is that she is white and that is therefore enough for it to automatically be derogatory racist usage? That sounds... racist.
- kube-system 5y agoThat's a question that is sociological in nature, and far beyond the scope of the well-defined linguistic meaning of the word, which was what I was commenting on.
- yebyen 5y agoYeah, I can't even really hear the whole word in the linked video, to be honest, but that sounds like a "hard r" to me... scrolls the thread yeah she definitely didn't say "nigga."