# Am I overly concerned: father/daughter comment?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-overly-concerned-father-daughter-comment/810095>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 6, 2018, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-overly-concerned-father-daughter-comment/810095 "2018-03-06T03:20:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-overly-concerned-father-daughter-comment/810095/121 "2018-03-12T14:26:49Z")

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> [@nearwildheaven](#):
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> When I was a kid, “eenie etc.” used the word “tiger.” I didn’t learn the REAL version until a few years later, and thought until I was an adult myself that “tiger” was the ORIGINAL version and the other version was the corrupted one.

A bit OT here, but FWIW it’s unclear which version is the REAL or ORIGINAL version of that poem. (Actually it would appear that neither of the versions you refer to are the original versions; the relevant question is which of those two versions came first.)

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-overly-concerned-father-daughter-comment/810095/122 "2018-03-12T14:50:04Z")

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I always heard it as “tiger” as a kid. It wasn’t until many years later that I learned of the n-word version, and that only in a historical context.

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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-overly-concerned-father-daughter-comment/810095/123 "2018-03-12T22:27:33Z")

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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> Here in Arkansas teen pregnancy is more than a passing problem. Certain demographics are almost expected to pop up pregnant. Sans husbands, boyfriends or helpful parents, the child with a child starts a spiral down that very few dig out from under. This is the middle of the bible belt. The more they preach abstinence and stick their heads in the sand the worst it gets. It is a sad situation.

I did clinicals on an Indian reservation, and the same thing happened there too. 30-year-old grandmothers were not uncommon.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-overly-concerned-father-daughter-comment/810095/124 "2018-03-12T22:35:00Z")

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It is so sad that our indigenous people are as poor and suffering as they are. My brother is a social worker in Oklahoma. He works with an Indian reservation and tells horror stories. It is just not right.

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