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On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, jhyde wrote: > Dahl is British and the book wasn't written this year. It's surely > colloquial usage for "dunce." Good opportunity for showing that in > different decades and countries, usages are different. Education, not > consorship! I realize I'm off the mark a tad here, but my daughter and I were at the drug store last night when we overheard a man complaining loudly to his wife, this while standing in front of a display of hardback novels, "There's just no censorship anymore! This country is going downhill fast!" Someone across the room echoed his sentiments, "Amen, brother!" ========================================================================== "Obscenity and hate speech alike only become free speech issues when their foes turn from censure to censorship. When we decided to let a thousand flowers bloom, we always knew that some of them would be weeds." -- Henry Louis Gates Jr., educator, c. 1990 ========================================================================= J. Rathbun, Library Teacher Lincoln E.S., North Las Vegas Email: jrathbun@orednet.org =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST), send email to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST 4) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv. For LM_NET Help see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ Archives: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.html See also EL-Announce for announcements from library media vendors: http://www.mindspring.com/~el-announce/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=