Quote:
Originally Posted by Catlady
I do not understand how changing "gay" to "light-hearted" can be considered the same sort of change as "to-day" to "today," which he also said he did. The first is a deliberate and blatant alteration of the author's text.
|
Just as changing "Dago" to "Levantine", or "Ten Little Niggers" to "Ten Little Soldier Boys" is. Language use and meaning changes.