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| quote: Originally posted by tacfoley:
A few years back I had a problem with a gun-related story I had submitted to a well-known shooting magazine here in UK.
I made the mistake of using the word 'snigger' in describing my reaction to an anti-gun remark. The word in my text was red-lined AND red-circled and the whole text returned to me for correction.
I couldn't come up with another word that had quite the same connotation as 'snigger', so I changed it to 'snegro' and left it up to the editorial staff.
Oddly enough, I never heard a word back from them, from that day to this...
tac
 Very well played. I am stealing this story. |
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When you fall, I will be there to catch you -With love, the floor
| quote: niggardly
not generous; stingy. "serving out the rations with a niggardly hand" synonyms: cheap, mean, miserly, parsimonious, close-fisted, penny-pinching, cheeseparing, grasping, ungenerous, illiberal; More adverbarchaic 1. in a stingy or meager manner. |
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| quote: Originally posted by tacfoley:
A few years back I had a problem with a gun-related story I had submitted to a well-known shooting magazine here in UK.
I made the mistake of using the word 'snigger' in describing my reaction to an anti-gun remark. The word in my text was red-lined AND red-circled and the whole text returned to me for correction.
I couldn't come up with another word that had quite the same connotation as 'snigger', so I changed it to 'snegro' and left it up to the editorial staff.
Oddly enough, I never heard a word back from them, from that day to this...
tac
That's what they get for niggling.
You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier |
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