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good points there zm......and as a Latin teacher half
a century ago, I am surprised I did not think of those
links.
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I have just finished another viewing of Huck Finn, with
Patrick Day as Huck. I have a number of the versions
and find this the best. The word is in the movie, and
one hardly pays attention to it at all. At the last
school where I taught the word was found in the halls
and classrooms constantly. Not very appetizing, but
there nonetheless.
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oh well....time will tell, which edition will be lasting favourite!
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It will indeed...I only have the non bowdlerised edition 
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When one hears it so much in the school, one becomes immune
or numb to the term. Who cares about the political
correct folks, life moves on. They remind me of the
Inquisition.
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The problem with the word, and this is a good example of YMMV, is that for some people the word is associated in their minds with vicious and very hurtful racism and they can't get this out of their minds when they hear or read the word.
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Very true, that, and that is a positive shame.
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The book is in the public domain, and folks are free to do whatever they want with it. This may be true in a legal sense, but I don't see how it's different from daubing over something you find offensive in a painting, particularly if you then try to sell it as the original artist's work. Change Twain's words, it's not Twain. Peter
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This may be true in a legal sense
That's all I was talking about. Somebody brought up copyright, and that's a legal thang. I, personally, think that bowdlerized editions of any works are pretty silly, but I still don't see what all the fuss is about.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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