It's the same word, with the same meaning, and the only difference behind it is the connotation of disrepect versus being a fellow member of the disrespected.
Why is one NBA owner STILL allowed to use the "N" word???l
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It's the same word, with the same meaning, and the only difference behind it is the connotation of disrepect versus being a fellow member of the disrespected.
you may think so and I may think so, but my 21 year old son and his friends of various races think differently. We've had any number of discussions about this over the years with him and his friends.
they also believe that "gangsta" is not the same thing at all as "gangster"
they also believe that "gangsta" is not the same thing at all as "gangster"
Jerry Lundegaard
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Moe - KRS One can clear it up for you, and everyone in this thread.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2FxZfPRrAU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2FxZfPRrAU
DutchJazzer
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a and er not the same thing.
carolinajazz
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...."gangsters" in the roaring 20's were thugs, brutes, bullies, and roughnecks who had no respect for themselves or others! "Gangsta" hip hoppers of the 90's and today are thugs, brutes, bullies and roughnecks who have no respect for themselves or others! The only difference?......the jailhouse tats!
Yet, the wrong person using the word ending in "a" will still be seen the same way as if they used "er".
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Apparently it is the same even with "izzle" at the end of it. Fa shizzle.
Not only is it spelled different, but I don't think they could be any more different in meaning. One is a derogatory racial slur, the other is what you call your friends. (at least, that's what I call my friends)
Both are derogatory racial slurs. The first is more typically used to emphasize the difference between the speaker and the referent (as in, 'you are a ******, and I'm not'), the second is used to emphasize commonality between the speaker and referent ('we're both just ******'), but these are connotations, and don't change the basic meaning of the word.
so Log, would it be nizzle? or negizzle? or niggizzle?
And nizzler? or nizzla? There's so many possible permutations, it's giving me a headache.
And nizzler? or nizzla? There's so many possible permutations, it's giving me a headache.
According to whom? Each and every time I say, "Yo ho, Knee Grow!" or "What's up my nìgga?" to one of my friends, I can promise you that race, bigotry, and/or any of those other big words you used do not apply. This is like Hungry and Hungary. One letter is different, and they are two totally different things.
Jerry Lundegaard
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Didn't let me rep you because I've given rep power to you too recently, but I would have if I could. Well said. KRS One aka the teacha aka blastmasta cleared it up though. But it's clear One Brow didn't watch it.