Comments on: Wait Until They Get Their Hands on Huck Finn http://www.edrants.com/wait-until-they-get-their-hands-on-huck-finn/ a cultural website in ever-shifting standing Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:01:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Friday Links « Jacobpedia http://www.edrants.com/wait-until-they-get-their-hands-on-huck-finn/comment-page-1/#comment-260248 Friday Links « Jacobpedia Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:55:38 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=13688#comment-260248 [...] What the f-word? [...] [...] What the f-word? [...]

]]> By: Paul Bellamy http://www.edrants.com/wait-until-they-get-their-hands-on-huck-finn/comment-page-1/#comment-260148 Paul Bellamy Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:50:29 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=13688#comment-260148 Joseph Conrad and Alex Haley both must be turning over in their graves. Joseph Conrad and Alex Haley both must be turning over in their graves.

]]> By: dustbury.com » We accept all race cards http://www.edrants.com/wait-until-they-get-their-hands-on-huck-finn/comment-page-1/#comment-260000 dustbury.com » We accept all race cards Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:08:22 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=13688#comment-260000 [...] Edward Champion opens his mailbox, and finds that Amazon.com is offering a new version of Joseph Conrad’s classic The N-word of the Narcissus. [...] [...] Edward Champion opens his mailbox, and finds that Amazon.com is offering a new version of Joseph Conrad’s classic The N-word of the Narcissus. [...]

]]> By: Shane http://www.edrants.com/wait-until-they-get-their-hands-on-huck-finn/comment-page-1/#comment-259999 Shane Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:26:28 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=13688#comment-259999 Wordbridge is a Christian conservative publisher, and by their mention of white guilt this does seem to be an attempt to politically correct what they see as offensive text. I'm a little confused... Wordbridge is a Christian conservative publisher, and by their mention of white guilt this does seem to be an attempt to politically correct what they see as offensive text. I’m a little confused…

]]> By: J.D. Finch http://www.edrants.com/wait-until-they-get-their-hands-on-huck-finn/comment-page-1/#comment-259998 J.D. Finch Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:05:45 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=13688#comment-259998 Consider yourself lucky they didn't use Morse Code. Consider yourself lucky they didn’t use Morse Code.

]]> By: Brian Slattery http://www.edrants.com/wait-until-they-get-their-hands-on-huck-finn/comment-page-1/#comment-259992 Brian Slattery Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:56:43 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=13688#comment-259992 Holy f-word! <i>Doug said: Wow. Seeing this I wish publishers took as much care in removing typos and grammatical errors in books they release.</i> Unless they just used the find-replace function. Holy f-word!

Doug said: Wow. Seeing this I wish publishers took as much care in removing typos and grammatical errors in books they release.

Unless they just used the find-replace function.

]]> By: Darby Dixon III http://www.edrants.com/wait-until-they-get-their-hands-on-huck-finn/comment-page-1/#comment-259988 Darby Dixon III Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:20:00 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=13688#comment-259988 What a black moment in American history. What a black moment in American history.

]]> By: BJ Muntain http://www.edrants.com/wait-until-they-get-their-hands-on-huck-finn/comment-page-1/#comment-259980 BJ Muntain Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:16:38 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=13688#comment-259980 Ah, yes. Bowdlerization has *always* been seen as a public service. The 'N-word'? Good gravy. Couldn't they find a politically correct term that wouldn't leave a reader annoyed or confused throughout the novel? When I first heard about this, I'd thought the ad just changed it to get it past spamblocks... but no. It's a public service to change a word to something so ridiculous that a person wouldn't be able to get past it. And this is supposed to make it more 'accessible'? Ah, yes. Bowdlerization has *always* been seen as a public service.

The ‘N-word’? Good gravy. Couldn’t they find a politically correct term that wouldn’t leave a reader annoyed or confused throughout the novel?

When I first heard about this, I’d thought the ad just changed it to get it past spamblocks… but no. It’s a public service to change a word to something so ridiculous that a person wouldn’t be able to get past it. And this is supposed to make it more ‘accessible’?

]]> By: Doug http://www.edrants.com/wait-until-they-get-their-hands-on-huck-finn/comment-page-1/#comment-259979 Doug Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:05:31 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=13688#comment-259979 Wow. Seeing this I wish publishers took as much care in removing typos and grammatical errors in books they release. Wow. Seeing this I wish publishers took as much care in removing typos and grammatical errors in books they release.

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