== OH PLEASE == 

 I know this has nothing to do with editing the article, but I just can't believe that people are this PC Fanatical that you can't even say a word that means something completely different than the N word, and is not even derived from the same word. Niggardly should not be a controversial word. NIGGARD NIGGARD NIGGARD!!!!!!! Why has America become so obsessed with being politically correct, if you make "Merry Christmas" taboo, you are offending every christian in America. The right of freedom of speech allows us to be as offensive as we want, besides hasn't anyone ever heard "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me." Now I know that we need to be polite, like not saying words like "n*gg*r" or "F*ck you", But it is also very rude to make a federal case about a word like "niggard".