Childrens verses stir debate on morals and language
An exchange discusses Stevenson's children's verses and whether altered phrasing, such as ain't, corrupts morals. A mother recalls her daughter reciting lines with a slightly changed birdie poem and questions if the teacher approved the variant as proper English.
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