There's an African country called Niger.
On the down side, they can't even fucking spell "nigger".
On the up side, they at least know what they are.
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Actually, "Niger" is a river whose name comes from an African language and probably got conflated with the Latin word "niger" (which just means "black") at some point. Note that most of the linguistic communities who live along or near the Niger River don't actually call the river that.
"Nigger" is how mostly-illiterate southerners pronounced the word "negro" that evolved into an ethnic slur.
"On the down side, they can't even fucking spell "nigger"."
The name of the river (and thus of the countries of Niger and Nigeria) is probably derived from Tuareg Egerew n-Igerewen or gher n-gheren , "river of river" (appearing as "Ni-Gir" in the maps of Claudius Ptolemy), as misinterpreted by Western folk etymology.
(Edited to correct mistake pointed out by Indicible)
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>With his recent statement distancing himself from organized religion, Bernie Sanders has essentially self-identified as a godless commie.
We may very well have a nascent DoctorDoom or Dave Blount on our hands.
Hilarious observation from white trash that can't spell negro and is totally ignorant of Spanish.
You probably also say things like Rio Grande River and the los luchadores when you're not busy scratching your ass muttering about Mexicans and mispronouncing the name of that country as well.
Confused?
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