Bruce routines

[MASCARO at humnet.ucla.edu]

Jean,
Now I'm totally confused.  Is the word he's TRYING to say *nigra* but he keeps slipping 
into *nigger* or is he trying to say *negro* but keeps slipping into *nigra*?  That is how I
remembered it, assuming *nigra* was an explicit insult.  But if you are correct (as how
 could you not be, since you speak Southonics?), and *nigra* is the same word as 
*negro*then  there wouldn't be a joke there.  So, can you clear this up?
 I swear I hear him slipping over and over into *nigra*, but then, I'm the one who swore 
it was Michael Jackson not Donny Osmond singing *One Bad Apple* so--call me the Gen. 
Barry McCaffrey (sp?) poster child of the week!

john m

austral jean corrects:

>     No, the word is Nigra, which, as you yankees obviously don't know, is 
>     simply Southern for Negro.  
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>     Jean.
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>Subject: Re: Bruce routines
>Author:  "Henry M" <gravity at nicom.com> at Internet_tco
>Date:    2/21/97 10:46 PM
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>Well sure, he does say "nigra." He's Trying to say negro! But the 
>word he's having a hard time escaping would be "nigger." And yes, 
>there's a lot of LB on CD. Perhaps even the excellent, fomer 3 
>record, In Concert, or was it Live at the Curran Theater: post bust, 
>no "bits."
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>On 21 Feb 97 at 14:49, MASCARO at humnet.ucla.edu wrote:
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>> >From Henry:
>> 
>> >Sure. Any comic could do it, no matter the race. That routine makes 
>> > fun of a president who grew up using the word "nigger" trying to
>> >learn the word of the day that his handlers are insisting on. 
>> >Doesn't stereotype a race, does it? 
>> <snip>
>> 
>> If memory serves, it's not *nigger* he keeps slipping into, but 
>> *nigra*--which is the heart
>>  of the humor, IMO.  That perfect little touch, unless my memory's 
>>  failed again.  How can 
>> I listen to this bit?  Did any of Bruce get onto CD, audiophiles? 
>> 
>> john m
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