Well, Micahel, too late.
I have already recorded it even before I received the 'claim'. One thing I disagree with you is your comment: "... in this book it appears only in quotes and italics, and the context makes it seem that it's not a word the author would use herself. " One thing to remember is that this book was written in 1918 and was written in England. She uses 'quotes and italics" (sic) for almost all the words she is explaining. Should I use the method you suggested for all of these words? I have been told that here on LV we should read the books as they were written, even though some of the ideas or words may not today be 'socially acceptable'. That is one thing the kind of bothers me as an amateur historian (Degree in History), the looking at History through the lenses of the American 21st century. History is what it was, not what we, today, would have liked to to have been, and the contemporary records should be read as they were written. The banning of Huck Finn in some places, for example. (I will now get off of my soap box)
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Time: 16:18
Wayne
P.S. Whilst (
) researching the use of the word in England around that time I found two interesting quotations: " Joseph Conrad published a novella in Britain with the title The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' (1897), but was advised to release it in the United States as The Children of the Sea" and "The unfortunately titled The Nigger of the "Narcissus" (titled The Children of the Sea in the first American edition) is Conrad's best work of his early period. In fact, were it not for the book's title, it undoubtedly would be read more often than it is currently. At one time, it was one of Conrad's most frequently read books. In part because of its brevity, in part because of its adventure qualities, and in part because of its literary qualities, the novel used to attract a good deal of attention."
Unfortunately, the Checker shows that the bit rate is 320 kbps instead of 128 kbps; could you please fix that?
