August 31, 2017, 07:57 PM
83v45magnaInnocent Words (and Names) Are Under Attack
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.
August 31, 2017, 09:22 PM
rscalzoquote:
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.
August 31, 2017, 09:27 PM
darthfusterquote:
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.