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>     On January 3, 2017 at 5:10 PM Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>     All others: I think we better keep using the original text, folks. And onthe day before assigning the novel: we better cue the readers (our
>     students) to the use of that famous term, well over 200 times in the book.
>     If you name the beast and prep the students, it will diminish potential
>     problems.........
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I agree with the above.


What bothers me is that text is sometimes changed without informing the reader that that deed has been done. "Buck Fanshaw's Funeral" has been a victim on more than one occasion.


On the practical side, a stage performer using the original text will likely have a good portion of the audience walk out of the venue and will risk being physically accosted.


regards/Tony