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

[redgunamo]

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.

Oh, I bet they have.

[Tony C]

What was she smoking?

[7sisters]

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

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

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.

[Brentwood]

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

Good old Hermes

[redgunamo]

What was she smoking?

BBC, T. Everyone knows what her sort is like

[redgunamo]

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.

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

[SWv2]

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

I don't get it either R.

[Luis Anaconda]

Good old Hermes

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

[eastgermanautos]

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

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