Instead of bowdlerizing

[supergee]

Lorrie Moore points out that we shouldn't rewrite Huckleberry Finn to take out the Mispronunciation, but we also, for that and other reasons, shouldn't make it assigned reading in public middle and high schools. Besides, it could be a bad influence on potential novelists. The plot resolution is definitely a Don't Try This at Home.

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[necturus]

Perhaps they could take a cue from the ancient Hebrews and write the consonants of the offending word but the vowels of some acceptable substitute.