Mark Twain's language

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hugh-rawson/mark-twains-language-bad-_b_813459.html

I found that pretty interesting

Very interesting.

It is difficult to pass judgment on a literary work when you are looking through the filter of what is acceptable today. that book should not be revised just because a word is not PC today. It is asinine.

i think i can find mark twain(english) uncensored if i look for it.

Well it's an unfair judgment on him, yeah he was a bit crass, but no more so than half the comedians out there. Saying he was racist for his comments at the time is like saying Einstein was an idiot for not inventing the computer before Gates.

true, i think they shouldnt chenge some words tho.

these days it is all about revising the past to fit someone's perception of an ideal future.

back in the age of MT : n bomb was commonly used word tho - nothing nice ofc but you could heard that a lot - i think they should keep historical language where it should be .

Aard pointed it out to me that the reason this book is read in schools anyway is more to show the contrast between modern life and society and what's socially acceptable, and what was socially acceptable then. If they take words out, how is it going to help get that idea across?

My thought was that literature is literature, and should just be left alone. It's a classic for shit's sake.

I'm glad this came up:

I shared this with my English teacher regarding this a while back

http://patrickmurfin.livejournal.com/293592.html

Best written defense of keeping the word in the book.

My thought was that literature is literature, and should just be left alone. It's a classic for shit's sake..

Nihil wrote:I'm glad this came up:

I shared this with my English teacher regarding this a while back

http://patrickmurfin.livejournal.com/293592.html

Best written defense of keeping the word in the book.

Dang it! now Hell is gonna freeze over... lol