Now I'm not fan of sacking people for injudicious language, but a tory MP has been

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Originally Posted by Ash

Yes, but these other shortenings have probably not so often have been yelled as a furious racial pejorative just prior to someone's head getting concaved.

USians can't understand the sensitivity of the word either.

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Oh, I bet they have.

What was she smoking?

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Originally Posted by Burney

recorded using the phrase 'n*gger in the woodpile'.

Seriously, how stupid do you have to be to use that phrase publicly in 2017?

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We had a maths teacher who used to use that phrase all the time when cancelling down equations. As in, Right.. that's eliminated the niggers in the woodpile. :yikes:

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Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda

Used to be a nightmare working on a desktop-publishing system publishing system that was programmed to split Pakistan after the "i" in justified text. Also one used to slip through

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Good old Hermes

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Originally Posted by Tony C

What was she smoking?

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BBC, T. Everyone knows what her sort is like ;-)

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Originally Posted by 7sisters

We had a maths teacher who used to use that phrase all the time when cancelling down equations. As in, Right.. that's eliminated the niggers in the woodpile. :yikes:

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I've never actually heard of the phrase before, and am still rather confounded as to what it may mean :shrug:

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Originally Posted by redgunamo

I've never actually heard of the phrase before, and am still rather confounded as to what it may mean :shrug:

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I don't get it either R.

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Originally Posted by Brentwood

Good old Hermes

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that's the beauty - mind you German indesign just chops up words any old fashion. I almost miss Hermes

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Originally Posted by Ash

Reminds me of a bloke I know who referred to the Pakistan cricket team as "Those cheating P*kis" on Facebook.

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I called them sand n*ggers and nothing bad happened to me.