WTF Stories of the Week

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

I'm reminded of another story where a county treasurer used the word "niggardly", which means stingy, in a some meeting and was forced to resign because it sounded too much like the N word and people didn't know the meaning.

And it reminds me of a story I heard about a man who almost got fired for using the sentance, "We need to take pedantic approach in our training." in a memo. Some dinglecheese manager thought it meant molesting little boys.

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

From Wiki: niggardly
Interesting. I don't think I've ever even heard of that word before.

I've heard it. Not in common use, but I knew what it meant. I didn't know it was Norwegian! That's cool.

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I say we all don Mickey Mouse t-shirts, get into our F-150's and hit our nearest drive-thrus for Big Macs. After 11am, that is (10:30am in some places).

It's every American's duty!

Originally Posted by JWBear

And it reminds me of a story I heard about a man who almost got fired for using the sentance, "We need to take pedantic approach in our training." in a memo. Some dinglecheese manager thought it meant molesting little boys.

Ah, yes, ignorance in action. ::sigh:: Got to wonder about the people who are so quick to be offended over something they don't actually know the meaning of.