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Thread #122558   Message #2706980
Posted By: pdq
23-Aug-09 - 08:37 PM
Thread Name: BS: Glenn Beck - Obama's a racist
Subject: RE: BS: Glenn Beck - Obama's a racist
The man's name is actually from "schwartzen" + "egger", not "schwartz" + "negger". A Negro is "neger" anyway, not "negger".

I don't speak German, but the best translation I can find is here:

"Schwarzen is definitely 'black' and 'egger' almost certainly derives from 'egge' meaning harrow or a tool like a plow. However, my understanding, which is confirmed after consulting with a resident German speaker here, the name actually means a 'plower of black fields' as opposed to a 'black plower of fields'"