It was always considered uncouth, or "common" (being a corruption of Negro). Which again shouldn't even apply outside America, it should be seen at best as just a nonsense word, like calling someone a "wog" here, or for that matter calling a White person a Nanban or Laowai.
100% on the other stuff though. I'm just being a pedantic geek.
It was always considered uncouth, or "common" (being a corruption of Negro). Which again shouldn't even apply outside America, it should be seen at best as just a nonsense word, like calling someone a "wog" here, or for that matter calling a White person a Nanban or Laowai.
100% on the other stuff though. I'm just being a pedantic geek.