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Ten Little.....

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 9:05 pm
by Staley
Sorry if anyone was offended by the answer. I just thought it was interesting.

Re: Ten Little.....

Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 8:02 pm
by WhizBang
also found it interesting and hadn't realized there was a title before "Ten Little Indians" and "And Then There Were None"

Re: Ten Little.....

Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 8:05 pm
by Paucle
What whiz said! I TOTHed "indians" and when it didn't work I actually sat a minute trying to think how you might've misspelled it. Then I looked it up!
"Wow!"

Re: Ten Little.....

Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 12:37 pm
by Charlene
No offense taken here, many of her titles were changed at some point...it is what it is.
I've read about 60 of her books. I tried your answer first thinking it was probably wrong and the answer would be Indians...to my surprise I was right.

Re: Ten Little.....

Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 2:46 pm
by Staley
Turns out it isn't even "Indians" anymore. Now they call the nursery rhyme it's based on "Ten Little Soldier Boys." The book and play are usually called "And Then There Were None" still.

Re: Ten Little.....

Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 3:54 pm
by Charlene
Many nursery rhymes have gone P.C. One that stands out is One Two, Buckle My Shoe. Nine, ten a big fat hen has a few different versions...nine, ten let's do it(start) again.
In the case of Christie's novel of the same title, it too, was changed a couple of times.

Re: Ten Little.....

Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 7:46 pm
by Paucle
Better than "Nine, ten, a weight-challenged hen" I guess.

Re: Ten Little.....

Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 7:53 pm
by Staley
I saw a few minutes of a daytime talk show several months ago in which an ENORMOUS woman referred to herself as a "person of size."

Re: Ten Little.....

Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 6:24 pm
by WhizBang
I read a couple of books a few years ago, polically correct fairy tales. they re-wrote popular bedtime stories and made them PC...some were interesting