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Subject: Re: Bowdler's Day (11 July)
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 13:00:30 -0000 (UTC)
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Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
> On this day was born Thomas Bowdler (1754-1825).
> Trained as a physician, but
> became more famous for _The Family Shakespeare_ (1807)
> (with a great deal of assistance from his sister Harriet).
> A version of the plays "in which nothing is added to the original text; 
> but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety 
> be read aloud in a family."
> This sometimes involved the omission of whole scenes whose content was 
> deemed un-family-friendly.
> English thus acquired the verb "bowdlerize" (OED 1836-) meaning to 
> remove (supposedly) offensive material from a text.
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Bowdler
> 
> And on that note I declare a recess, an adjournment, a moratorium, an 
> interval, a holiday from this activity. I will be away from home, not 
> carrying Crystal's book with me, probably out of reach of Usenet 
> altogether. I plan to resume around September 1.
> 

We understand you'll be doing stuff that cannot with propriety be discussed
here, but stay safe and on the safe side of the Law.