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		htsh on July 30, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: IPhone to Droid X: Impressions of a Data Pig actually "niggardly" and "niggle" have related etymology, neither related to the n-bomb.

elblanco on July 30, 2010 [–]

oh apologies, I thought they both derive from the Old English "hneaw". But I see that I am corrected!

I still wouldn't use it though, definitely archaic. It would be like inserting "yonder" and "thee" into my speech.

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