Why is it that

[MKG]

I'm watching boys in the hood on netflix right
With subtitles, and every time someone says
Nigga, the subtitle says nigger. This really
Irks me. Anyone else seen this?

[Witty]

Maybe because nigga isn't actually a word and they are using the correct word?

If you say nigga you are just saying nigger but spelling it wrong.

[Blanco Bishop]

Nigga is a word.


nig·ga [nig-uh] Show IPA


—Usage alert
Nigga is used mainly among African Americans, but also among other minorities and ethnicities, in a neutral or familiar way and as a friendly term of address. It is also common in rap music. However, nigga is taken to be extremely offensive when used by outsiders. Many people consider this word to be equally as offensive as nigger. The words nigger and nigga are pronounced alike in certain dialects, and so it has been claimed that they are one and the same word.





Dead at the usage alert. Lmao

[Witty]

Dude it's the same word with the same meaning.

[Zen]

Dude it's the same word with the same meaning.

[Certain]

It's like asking why "should've" is used for "shoulda."

[uh-oh]

its definately not the same you retards

[MKG]

Lmao at nigga and nigger is like shoulda and should've

[Witty]

That was correct.

Read stuff, indulge in education.

[MKG]

That was correct.

Read stuff, indulge in education.

Except one of those will result in an ass whooping

[MKG]

That was correct.

Read stuff, indulge in education.

Aren't you from the uk? wtf kd you know

About nigga and nigger lol

[uh-oh]

they have completely different meanings

one means piece of trash beneath my feet non human trashbeing. the other just means "dude" basically

quit being stupid

[big baby]

LMAO HEA CUMS UH OH BLACK HIZTURY LESSON GUYS

[Diode]

witty is a foreigner

you forget this sometimes

[Certain]

I understand the connotative differences. But spelling in formal settings tends to go with denotative word. A fair argument would be whether closed captioning should be constrained by formal writing styles, but it generally is. Now if you saw "shoulda" in a closed caption, then you'd have a better argument.

Also, I'm not black and don't particularly care whether black people use it. But there still are a lot of black people who view the two words as one in the same.

[Witty]

Aren't you from the uk? wtf kd you know

About nigga and nigger lol

I know about words and how to use them correctly.

This is unaffected by where I live.

I think you will find I am correct.

Diode I think you also will find that.

uh-oh you too.

Prove me wrong with facts and not just your meat headed opinions.

[Witty]

Also dead @ thinking terms like nigger or nigga are solely American terms.

Please explore the world a little bit, uneducated plebs.

[Clayray]

How is nigger and nigga the same? I don't remember reading about slave owners saying "nigga" wow what books do you guys have I must have missed out -sarcasm-

Nigger is a derogatory term used by racist folk present day and in the past.

Nigga is a term commonly associated with blacks, and other races as well, it's not viewed by people in the same light Nigger is, that's what makes them different.

The perception and context the word is used.

Just because nigga is stemmed from the word nigger doesn't make them the same. IMO

Had to throw out that its my opinion. Because people take what they see on the web as fact & I don't want to confuse or lead you in the wrong way.

[Clayray]

Want facts? Walk up to a black guy and say "what's up nigger" & see reaction.
Replace nigger with nigga and you can have a whole different reaction.
If they were the same then you'd get the same reaction using the different terms.

[Certain]

Want facts? Walk up to a black guy and say "what's up nigger" & see reaction.
Replace nigger with nigga and you can have a whole different reaction.
If they were the same then you'd get the same reaction using the different terms.

Your pasty ass would get the exact same reaction.

[Clayray]

Your pasty ass would get the exact same reaction.

With someone I don't know, sure, they could see it as a sign of disrespect.
But I say it around my black friends and use it in conversation and its natural, I don't get the sense of "oops" when we speak.

Usually though, once a black person gets tight with the white friend he becomes one of them and that pass is granted to use the word.

I think this whole argument is based off peoples opinion of the word and its similarity to the derogatory term.

Idk though, not trying to step on any toes