Community | January 05, 2011 | 1 comment

New edition removes Mark Twain's 'offensive' words

source: http://www.indiareport.com/India-usa-uk-news/ap/National/75876

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http://www.indiareport.com/India-usa-uk-news/ap/National/75876

Mark Twain wrote that 'the difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter.' A new edition of 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' and 'Tom Sawyer' will try to find out if that holds true by replacing the N-word with 'slave' in an effort not to offend readers...
http://www.indiareport.com/India-usa-uk-news/ap/National/75876
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