> TA was "nigarology" or something like that, which supposedly came from the
> word "niguard". Both of them are defined along the lines of meaning
> "silliness, buffoonary, foolishness" and the like. That struck me as odd
do you know if nigger came before niguard. Maybe the racial slur nigger
derived from niguard. Does anyone know the etymology of nigger or niguard?
-Paul prestopnik