Abrigon Gusiq wrote:
> I do know the word "Nigger" when used by a non-black (Afro-American) is
not
> a good word to use. But its related word "Niggah" or it self is often u=
sed
> by some if not many Afro-Americans amoungst themselves.
> And often the "Niggah" has to be I believe inflected correctly, I was
taught
> (or my friends tried to teach me to pronounce it correctly, never quite
got
> it down, but I am just an Alaskan).
>
> Not using this to offend, this is the only example that comes to mind, =
but
I
> am sure thre is others. Just wondering how many other words in language=
s
are
> used by a group amoungst themselves, but only amounst themselves, and i=
f
> used by others maybe in a insulting/derogetory/etc manner. Any Conlangs
have
> such a "dichotomy" (sp) (Early in the morning, mental spell/grammer
checker
> still down).
>
> Mike
Here in Colombia the Spanish word "cachaco" is for an old Bogotano a
pridefull word for himself, while used by a Coste=F1o is a derogative wor=
d for
any Andean. "Rolo" is an insulting word used outside Bogot=E1 for Bogot=E1
people, but once a friend told me she was in a meeting with other Colombi=
ans
(none of them from Bogot=E1) in Sweden. They were talking about "rolos"
without noting my friend was from Bogot=E1, after a while when some of th=
e
group ask her wher she was from she answerd the way I'm sure I would also
answer: "I'm rola".
The point is that maybe such words like Nigger are coined by outsiders as
derogative or insulting words, and that is notice for the attacked group,
but then the attacked group makes the word own and fill it with pride. T=
he
word then becomes dual: used by outsiders is derogative or insulting, use=
d
by members of the group becomes a matter of pride.
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- =BFPor qu=E9 no?
- No tiene sentido.
- =BFQu=E9 sentido? El sentido no existe.
- El sentido inverso. O el sentido norte. El sentido com=FAn, tal ve=
z. O
sin sentido, como aqu=ED.
(-- Graeville 2)