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Sender: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Another FAQ
From: David H Fears <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 13:32:12 EDT
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In a message dated 9/14/2006 6:44:38 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
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>Allow me to be the first to respond to this, by saying that it is  an
>offensive phrase that does not appear in Twain's  works.

That must be news to me and the  millions of folks who have delighted in
Huck
Finn. IT was indeed a term Sam  often used in his letters--it does not
appear
in his works?? Please elucidate  this gray head with your ivory-tower
enlightenment. Making such a statement to  swing in the breeze can only
produce a
squeaking sound bound to keep one awake  at night.

David H Fears

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