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Originally Posted by Sonist
At first glance the formatting is fine, for .awz. The poem refers to "Ten little Soldier boys," which I hadn't seen before, but it is certainly less offensive to contemporary eyes and ears (unless, I guess, you are a little Soldier boy :-)
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Over the years it's gone from "niggers", to "indians", to "soldier boys". I guess to reflect changing societal attitudes to such things.
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Anyway, I look forward to rereading this very soon, and see if I will find it as good as I did years ago.
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It is, as a matter of note, the best-selling detective novel in the world.