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This has gone too far..Now i am offended..

Eoraptor1 said:
Incidentally, Mark Twain was criticized during his own lifetime for his use of colloquial language and dialect. Educated people were supposed to use "proper" (and to modern ears, florid) English, and to do otherwise set a bad example for children.
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A very good point indeed.
Abraham Lincoln was ridiculed for his 'plain speaking', yet within his formal speeches (ie, his December 1862 address to Congress) there is a remarkable sense of clarity and style, none of the pompous, florid and long-winded 'proper' language in use by the self styled 'Upper Class' who appear to have followed the lifestyle fashions of London and Paris.

I have a first edition set of the Shelby Foote trilogy covering the 'War Between The States' (there is nothing 'Civil' about a so-called 'Civil War'), a remarkable insight into all aspects of life in America leading up to and throughout the conflict.

If it were to be published today, it could be subject to the curse of PC Censorship, an act which would destroy much of the flavour and atmosphere that comes through so vividly in the original.

'Editing' a work is part of the creative process and should not be confused with 'PC Censorship'.

And a PS: Congratulations to the participants in this discussion for their restraint and good manners on a subject as volatile as this.
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