Prisoner Episode 227 - Does Lizzie say nigger?

Does she say it or am I imagining it?

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• 227
• nigger
• lizzie
• birdsworth
• sheila
• florance
• prisoner
• cell
• block
• jim
• fletcher

[IceTreyMan]

She said "nicker" When they say "nick" they're referring to stealing something. A "nicker" is someone that nicks (steals) something. In other words, a "nicker" is a theif.

[spikeyroberto]

Nigger in the woodpile is an old saying but the word is not meant about black people as I researched the saying

[Sheri451]

Oh YES she did say the N word! I remember seeing this before and commenting on it, I said SHAME on you Lizzie! But All old people say the N word here. They were brought up in a very racist time. Back then whites and blacks didn't mix with each other. And if they were married? I feel sorry for the way they were talked about then. But as I said all old people were racist back then.I guess they didn't know any better.

[PinkFloydFan74]

She said NIgger for sure, but I think the point is Lizzie is so old she would think nothing of saying that, but nowadays that's offensive.

[reddheddjedd77]

@goofee07 My grandmother was from New Zealand, and used that expression, but never meant it as an insult, she had a cook who was from Barbados, and she used that expression also, and never took offense when my grandmother said it...

[MARKBPHARM]

It goes to show the subtle cultural differences between Australia and other English-speaking countries. The word 'coon' in Australia is a type of cheese and people in Australia will ask for a 'white coffee' rather than a coffee with cream or a coffee with milk. There is nothing racist about it but folks from other countries could think it is being rude.

[Vauthier]

@bcrocker33 yeah now it's only okay when black people are using it on tv and in songs, which I find ridiculous. If the word is offensive from one race of people, then it's offensive from anyone, so it shouldn't be used at all. After all, to give one race a pass in using an offensive word over all other races is just another form of racism :)

[slr336]

A woodpile is a pile of firewood. If any of the wood was already burned it would be black and thus not have much calorific value in a new fire. Therefore, it was considered already spent. How it got there would be from slaves gathering firewood. It wasn't difficult to disguise used wood amongst the pile thus making it easier to stack from nearby dead fires. The nigger refers to firstly the spent firewood as it is black but secondly, the slave (of black origin) that put it there.

[IceTreyMan]

Ok, that makes sense. I couldn't imagine them saying anything like that to refer to black people. In fact, I never remember seeing black people on there.