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Originally Posted by Muckraker
Is this true of young readers or ESL readers? Is it fun to confuse them about word-meaning just to preserve an authorial intention that never existed?
Children aren't going to enjoy Trixie Belden more if she gaily kicks a faggot back in the fire (hypothetically). It's going to confuse them and upset the parents and probably result in the kids not being allowed to read the book in the first place.
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Then they should not read Trixie Belden. Either deal with the fact that language changes over time, or read only current books.