â™›RahXephonâ™› 649 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Negus (Ge'ez: áŠáŒ‰áˆ¥, nÉ™gÅ«Å› IPA: [nɨguËɬ]; Amharic: nigÅ«s?; cf. Tigrinya: áŠáŒ‹áˆ²? negus) is a royal title in the Ethiopian Semitic languages. It denotes a monarch, such as the Bahri Negus (Lord of the Seas) of the Medri Bahri in pre-1890 Eritrea, and the Negus in pre-1974 Ethiopia. The title has subsequently been used to translate the words "king" or "emperor" in Biblical and other literature. Did they seriously need to use a word that has the same homophone as the N word? This is disgusting and it's junior competition too That prick of a woman even had the balls to ask the poor fellow to repeat the word, LOUDLY like wow... I'm done... This is pretty much lowkey being racist and getting away with it because it's legit word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acer 396 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Negus ?? a hot drink of port, sugar, lemon, and spices ? i don't get it,i just googled.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piccolo's girlfriend 7,439 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 it's a real word and it has a positive connotation so im not sure there's much to be offended by kendrick lamar has a verse on to pimp a butterfly about the word too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadBadNotGood 11,616 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Breathing is racist if you think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Jung 19,680 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 not everything has to be equated with English language are you going to condemn Korean for having a word that sounds the same with the N word even though it has very different meanings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ddeona Oneul Bame 61,630 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 This is pretty much lowkey being racist and getting away with it because it's legit word. This makes, what we call, zero sense~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carat 7,426 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Negus (Ge'ez: áŠáŒ‰áˆ¥, nÉ™gÅ«Å› IPA: [nɨguËɬ]; Amharic: nigÅ«s?; cf. Tigrinya: áŠáŒ‹áˆ²? negus) is a royal title in the Ethiopian Semitic languages.[1] It denotes a monarch,[2] such as the Bahri Negus (Lord of the Seas) of the Medri Bahri in pre-1890 Eritrea, and the Negus in pre-1974 Ethiopia.[3] The title has subsequently been used to translate the words "king" or "emperor" in Biblical and other literature. this is a positive word why are you trying to make it into something else just cause you HEAR a different word? I'm sure there are many other words out there that sound like offensive words you could be mad at too right now go grab a dictionary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlingII 840 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 but the two words aren't homophones they might be just phonetically similar. Anyway I don't see what's supposed to be racist. Maybe it's just pronounced similarly to the N-word in America Like how Russia is pronounced one way in Russian and another way in America Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena 21,718 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 i've watched this many times i and still think the judges knew exactly what they were doing with that poor boy was sweating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platty 4,891 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Negus (Ge'ez: áŠáŒ‰áˆ¥, nÉ™gÅ«Å› IPA: [nɨguËɬ]; Amharic: nigÅ«s?[/size]; cf. Tigrinya: áŠáŒ‹áˆ²?[/size] negus) is a royal title in the Ethiopian Semitic languages.[1] It denotes a monarch,[2] such as the Bahri Negus (Lord of the Seas) of the Medri Bahri in pre-1890 Eritrea, and the Negus in pre-1974 Ethiopia.[3] The title has subsequently been used to translate the words "king" or "emperor" in Biblical and other literature. this is a positive word why are you trying to make it into something else just cause you HEAR a different word? I'm sure there are many other words out there that sound like offensive words you could be mad at too right now go grab a dictionary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
â™›RahXephonâ™› 649 Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 IDK about you guys but the two words sound homophone to me. What I'm saying is they shouldn't have used this legit word in this junior competition. Are ya'll blind and didn't see how awkward the child looked like? If you were at that age and you know the N word and were asked to spell it out (which he didn't know the spelling of the Negus word) how the fuck would you have handled it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlingII 840 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 i've watched this many times i and still think the judges knew exactly what they were doing with that poor boy was sweating Judges don't compile the words for spelling bees though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Jelly Jelly 512 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 If you used nugus b4 u also racist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carat 7,426 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 If you used nugus b4 u also racist SHIT TIME TO GO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swedishfish 21 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Can you read? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YNRA 1,082 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 the two words are no at all homophones, they are false homophones like chair and share also i remember learning this word in 5th grade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
â™›RahXephonâ™› 649 Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 It's funny how some of you assume I didn't read the definition of the word or know what it means when I even posted the original description of the word as a quote when I posted this thread. Seems like some people never bother to read the main post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugarplumfairy 701 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 If you used nugus b4 u also racist Well, damn. My bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reckoner 6,692 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 is being offended a hobby of yours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlingII 840 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 IDK about you guys but the two words sound homophone to me. What I'm saying is they shouldn't have used this legit word in this junior competition. Are ya'll blind and didn't see how awkward the child looked like? If you were at that age and you know the N word and were asked to spell it out (which he didn't know the spelling of the Negus word) how the fuck would you have handled it? I think he was definitely taken aback that that word was used, but I think he was more nervous about getting it right I doubt 'racism' or 'scandalous' was going through his mind Also, this is not the judges fault. They don't compile the list of words, they pronounce the word like how it's pronounced in the dictionary. As for the judges making him repeat the word, you can interpret that any which way you want, but I was obsessed with spelling bees when i was younger and one thing I noticed is that you have to say the word clearly before you spell it. If the judges hear you pronounce the word incorrectly/struggling with the word the judges will most likely make you repeat it just so you have a better chance of spelling it which is most likely what happened since the judge nodded after she heard him pronouncing it correctly. Just my .02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rene. 2,660 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Its an insult to nugus actually /s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena 21,718 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Judges don't compile the words for spelling bees though *the person who strategically picked that word as a curveball (very common in spelling bees) knew what they were doing and knew what the children would think of when they heard it and the judge who kept asking him to repeat it knew what they were doing too it's very obvious and I'm pretty sure that is what OP is trying to get at Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*carry*the*stars* 18 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 It doesn't even sound like the N word though? Like, phonetically, you've got "knee" vs "nih" in the beginning, and a clear "as" vs and ending "r" sound. That's pretty different. I would have assumed it was a word I didn't know, not the N word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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