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Mr.Bill

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31. The N word was pretty much prohibited in our house

Reply to wnylib (Reply #30)

Sat May 25, 2024, 05:54 PM

May 2024

especially for children. Most adults I heard used it pretty regularly. My dad was an exception to that. He said he stopped using it when he was in the army flying over Europe in WWII and was escorted on many missions by the Tuskegee Airmen.

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What words or concepts did you or someone you know misunderstand or misspeak as a child? [View all] wnylib May 2024 OP

..I thought Halloween, we were .... thomski64 May 2024 #1

LOL. Good one. wnylib May 2024 #2

"That's no drive, that's a short putt..." FirstLight May 2024 #3

The joke line that my family repeated often wnylib May 2024 #6

classic! Love those inside family jokes... FirstLight May 2024 #9

Euthanasia EYESORE 9001 May 2024 #4

Ha ha!! The kids are alright, leave 'em be!! Leghorn21 May 2024 #27

I have 2 pet peeves. LeonidPlanck May 2024 #5

Interesting, but the OP is about innocent and amusing childhood wnylib May 2024 #7

I may be an adult now, LeonidPlanck May 2024 #8

Sounds like you were a precocious child. wnylib May 2024 #10

Ha! LeonidPlanck May 2024 #12

And, sincerely, LeonidPlanck May 2024 #15

Tsk, tsk. You should have used a UV light tube up your rectum. wnylib May 2024 #17

Well shucks! LeonidPlanck May 2024 #21

Childhood word mistake Different Drummer May 2024 #11

I had the reverse problem with f and th. wnylib May 2024 #14

I had lots of words that I had trouble with, being a hard of hearing person until they found out by the time SWBTATTReg May 2024 #13

My cousin's mother gradually lost her hearing over several years. wnylib May 2024 #16

The ability to laugh at one's verbal mistakes/or catching and misunderstanding what was said in a conversation SWBTATTReg May 2024 #18

What a beautiful world you lived in due to mis-takes delisen May 2024 #19

Farkles and sneachers quaint May 2024 #20

My mother in law decided to teach our daughter a thank you for dinner prayer. BoomaofBandM May 2024 #22

LOL. On prayers, just before Christmas dinner wnylib May 2024 #24

For quite a few years, I couldn't "Get" the words from "Jingle Bells" like chouchou May 2024 #23

. wnylib May 2024 #25

"Which nobody can be nice" lyrics in the song "For He's A Jolly Good Fellow" AnotherMother4Peace May 2024 #26

Stop MS OutNow May 2024 #28

I was five years old in 1958 Mr.Bill May 2024 #29

I remember when "colored" was considered an acceptable word for wnylib May 2024 #30

The N word was pretty much prohibited in our house Mr.Bill May 2024 #31

I heard the N word very rarely when I was a child. wnylib May 2024 #34

It was like that when we moved to California in 1961 Mr.Bill May 2024 #39

My father worked at a plant that employed several Black people wnylib May 2024 #41

My cousin said helicockter MOMFUDSKI May 2024 #32

Hmm. Not gonna touch that one. wnylib May 2024 #35

The pledge of allegiance. Lunabell May 2024 #33

The Salem version of the pledge. wnylib May 2024 #36

Lol Lunabell May 2024 #38

There's a French Christmas carol: Dale in Laurel MD May 2024 #37

I think that the written word clears up a lot of misunderstandings. wnylib May 2024 #40

When I was a toddler, I had trouble with pronouncing the L in clock mzmolly May 2024 #42