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Old 06-29-09, 09:09 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Old 06-29-09, 02:55 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Not Very PC

The new company is called "Nigaz" ?
How would you pronounce that correctly? And doesn't the Rev. Jackson have a copyright of that name if you pronounce it the way I think?
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Old 06-29-09, 03:39 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Not Very PC

Well, since Nigeria is pronounced with a long "I", one would assume the
company name would follow suit ...

Of course, these days, you never know.

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Old 06-30-09, 03:19 AM   #4 (permalink)
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It's probably another one of those things that others can say and I'm not allowed to....
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That's too funny. We'll probably read about it again next year in a list of "failed company names". Wasn't there a tire that was pulled years ago because its tread pattern was the same as some religion in another country and it offended too many people?
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People make all kinds of dumb non-PC mistake when they're not thinking about it.....

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