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Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words (ISBN 0-7679-1043-5) is a book by Bill Bryson, published under several titles since 1984, that catalogues some of the English language's most commonly misused words and phrases in order to demonstrate preferable usage. It helps writers and editors to think about how to make written communication clearer.
Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word is a 2002 book by Randall Kennedy of Harvard Law School about the history and sociology of the word nigger. "The power of 'Nigger,'" Charles Taylor wrote in Salon, "is that Kennedy writes fully of the word, neither condemning its every use nor fantasizing that it can ever become solely a means of empowerment."
Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word: Randall Kennedy: June 8, 2002 The Emperor of Ocean Park: Stephen L. Carter: June 8, 2003 The Other Woman: Eric Jerome Dickey: October 12, 2003 Three Weeks in November: Charles Moose and Charles Fleming July 18, 2004 On the Down Low: J. L. King and Karen Hunter February 6, 2005 Blink: Malcolm ...
Reviews of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek were uniformly positive. The book was a New York Times bestseller, [13] and was included in the best seller lists of the Los Angeles Times [14] and USA Today. [15] It has a Goodreads average rating of 4.23. [16]
In 1972 John Lennon and Yoko Ono used the word in both the title and in the chorus of their song "Woman Is the Nigger of the World", which was released as both a single and a track on their album "Sometime in New York City." [32] Mick Jagger used the word in The Rolling Stones' song "Sweet Black Angel" from the 1972 album Exile on Main St.
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Troublesome may refer to: Troublesome, Colorado, a community in the United States; Troublesome Valley, a valley in West Virginia "Troublesome", a 2022 song by No ...
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