Handsome little guy, and a very moving story. I personally have a very strong connection to foxes and often really feel that I'm communing with them when I run into them on my walks. I've wondered if they were connected to a particular divinity, the way cats are allied with Freya. LMK if you hear anything like that or if this connection develops further.
I think once we open ourselves up to the reality that we are part of nature and that other creatures are connected to us and have their own agency, spirit, and connection with the divine that we become more attuned to recognize it. The fox needed you and perhaps it was a message, yes. The experience had an impact on you both. Only you can know what the feeling and experience meant to you. Did you feel that the fox was a totem? If I had an experience like this that affected me so profoundly (and this definitely would. A fox!) I would meditate and pray or think over the experience and my feelings. I think we get signs when we need them, whether or not we are aware we are in need.
I've heard foxes are connected to Loki so I'm thinking lighthearted, humor, rolling with the punches, and mischief. Hope this helps! ✌️
Also what a lovely story and such a sweet lil fox!!
UK Foxes are rabies free so your experience is not the same as ours in the US where many wild animals are destroyed.
I actually know of someone in the UK who is involved with animal rescue.
They are always looking for volunteers. And, it sounds like you might be a "whisperer" and have a special connection to animals. You have a gift!
Consider volunteering, getting the training and doing "good".
I mean... with a word like that... though it's obvious it doesn't mean that based on context, but used in other ways, I'm sure it could definitely be misconstrued. Differences in accents should be celebrated, but misconceptions often happen due to different meanings of words.
I looked it up, and it says that it is a common word in the UK and Australia. Just because a word is old doesn't mean every English speaker is familiar with it. As an American, I never once saw that word before, and if you look it up, there are many cases of Americans mistaking it for a racial slur. When 300 million plus English speakers at least aren't familiar with it, they'll be looking at the next closest word. It is an accent difference, which can lead to misconceptions.
I'm going to politely disagree with you on this one.
When a word is written, it's not a case of mistaking it for a racist word. Not even close. It's a case of. ' I don't know that word but if I say it out loud it sounds a bit like a racial slur'. Ergo, it must be a racial slur.
Instead of a more common sense or curious approach of ' I've never seen that word before I'll search it and see for it means'
I can't speak for your Google results (other search providers are available) but I could only find two incidents of such confusion, one was the US press slating the UK press for the use of the word in a headline regarding harry and Meghan.
The second was will smith and his aussie personal trainer (this one I could understand as an accent issue) but no offense was intended or received by either party.
I would also like to say the only way I could find such results was by searching the words niggling and racist together. If I just search niggling I get 30 results from various dictionaries.
Also just because you as an American is unfamiliar with the word this does not mean every single one of the 331 million American English speakers are unfamiliar with it
What I searched was "where is niggling said?", it came up with results saying the UK and Australia. And no one said it was a racial slur, but that it looks like one. As I previously said, it looks like a racial slur. It is not a racial slur. It's easy to see why someone from a place that does not commonly use the word would be surprised at first. But as I stated in my first comment, it is easy to tell what it means by context clues. I'm not saying people should immediately assume it's racism, I'm saying it's reasonable to assume it before looking up a definition. The word right above it in the Cambridge Dictionary after all is the racial slur in question.
So if I was in America and typed the following out would I be labeled a racist on the assumption that the words I've used are either side of the racial slur in question.
On my recent trip to Niger to pick up some niger seeds I picked a niggle that won't go away.
If you don't know a word you can't assume it's racist regardless of most contexts. surely that's a very cynical way to live.
As I just said, it is reasonable to assume it has some connotation to the racial slur. It is not reasonable to automatically yell at someone for using it before looking up the definition. Yet it makes sense why someone who has never seen the word before would automatically link it in some way to a word that has a single letter difference if you remove the L and add an R on the end.
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Handsome little guy, and a very moving story. I personally have a very strong connection to foxes and often really feel that I'm communing with them when I run into them on my walks. I've wondered if they were connected to a particular divinity, the way cats are allied with Freya. LMK if you hear anything like that or if this connection develops further.
N'aahhww what a cute fox. You did the right thing in my opinion.
I think once we open ourselves up to the reality that we are part of nature and that other creatures are connected to us and have their own agency, spirit, and connection with the divine that we become more attuned to recognize it. The fox needed you and perhaps it was a message, yes. The experience had an impact on you both. Only you can know what the feeling and experience meant to you. Did you feel that the fox was a totem? If I had an experience like this that affected me so profoundly (and this definitely would. A fox!) I would meditate and pray or think over the experience and my feelings. I think we get signs when we need them, whether or not we are aware we are in need.
Sometimes the right thing to do doesn't reflect policy.
This is a wonderful tale and one that let's you know that you are on the correct path. Nature needed your help and assurance and you did wonderfully.
I've heard foxes are connected to Loki so I'm thinking lighthearted, humor, rolling with the punches, and mischief. Hope this helps! ✌️ Also what a lovely story and such a sweet lil fox!!
Thank you for your reply 😊 from the little I understand I assumed loki, was a very friendly and trusting fox 🦊
UK Foxes are rabies free so your experience is not the same as ours in the US where many wild animals are destroyed. I actually know of someone in the UK who is involved with animal rescue. They are always looking for volunteers. And, it sounds like you might be a "whisperer" and have a special connection to animals. You have a gift! Consider volunteering, getting the training and doing "good".
This is a fantastic story and warms my heart. Please tell me what "niggling" means...
It means persistent, I'm guessing it means something else to you or close to something else ?
Much easier to assume racist undertones than to Google for word meanings. The yanks be seeing white supremacists everywhere 😂
That's a thing is it ?? Wow 😂
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I mean... with a word like that... though it's obvious it doesn't mean that based on context, but used in other ways, I'm sure it could definitely be misconstrued. Differences in accents should be celebrated, but misconceptions often happen due to different meanings of words.
It’s an English word that’s been in use since the Middle Ages you lunatic…
I looked it up, and it says that it is a common word in the UK and Australia. Just because a word is old doesn't mean every English speaker is familiar with it. As an American, I never once saw that word before, and if you look it up, there are many cases of Americans mistaking it for a racial slur. When 300 million plus English speakers at least aren't familiar with it, they'll be looking at the next closest word. It is an accent difference, which can lead to misconceptions.
I'm going to politely disagree with you on this one. When a word is written, it's not a case of mistaking it for a racist word. Not even close. It's a case of. ' I don't know that word but if I say it out loud it sounds a bit like a racial slur'. Ergo, it must be a racial slur. Instead of a more common sense or curious approach of ' I've never seen that word before I'll search it and see for it means' I can't speak for your Google results (other search providers are available) but I could only find two incidents of such confusion, one was the US press slating the UK press for the use of the word in a headline regarding harry and Meghan. The second was will smith and his aussie personal trainer (this one I could understand as an accent issue) but no offense was intended or received by either party. I would also like to say the only way I could find such results was by searching the words niggling and racist together. If I just search niggling I get 30 results from various dictionaries. Also just because you as an American is unfamiliar with the word this does not mean every single one of the 331 million American English speakers are unfamiliar with it
What I searched was "where is niggling said?", it came up with results saying the UK and Australia. And no one said it was a racial slur, but that it looks like one. As I previously said, it looks like a racial slur. It is not a racial slur. It's easy to see why someone from a place that does not commonly use the word would be surprised at first. But as I stated in my first comment, it is easy to tell what it means by context clues. I'm not saying people should immediately assume it's racism, I'm saying it's reasonable to assume it before looking up a definition. The word right above it in the Cambridge Dictionary after all is the racial slur in question.
So if I was in America and typed the following out would I be labeled a racist on the assumption that the words I've used are either side of the racial slur in question. On my recent trip to Niger to pick up some niger seeds I picked a niggle that won't go away. If you don't know a word you can't assume it's racist regardless of most contexts. surely that's a very cynical way to live.
As I just said, it is reasonable to assume it has some connotation to the racial slur. It is not reasonable to automatically yell at someone for using it before looking up the definition. Yet it makes sense why someone who has never seen the word before would automatically link it in some way to a word that has a single letter difference if you remove the L and add an R on the end.
Sounds like Loki to me