"Nigga" untrademarkable?

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 01:54:44AM -0500, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:
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> Somehow I doubt the USPTO folks will be interested in the
> sociolinguistic ramifications of orthographic variation...

Don't know, but if Wayans' people want to throw bling-worthy
amounts of money at me, I'd be happy to discuss it with the USPTO... :-)

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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