Re: Re Ransome's working-class characters and the use of certain words

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Posted by Mike Jones on August 11, 2013 at 05:17:49 user Mike_Jones.

In Reply to: Re: Re Ransome's working-class characters and the use of certain words posted by John Wilson on August 10, 2013 at 20:42:12:

"Negro" appears in PD30 in the Cape edition, and in both instances is part of AR's narrative. In the other cases the objectionable n-word is used as a colloquialism or slang, spoken by Bill and Pete and written by the pirates on the bags with the other slang: bonies, mallies and roses

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