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83v45magna
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posted August 31, 2017 07:57 PMHide Post
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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
Big Grin Very well played.

I am stealing this story.
 
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rscalzo
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posted August 31, 2017 09:22 PMHide Post
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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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posted August 31, 2017 09:27 PMHide Post
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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