lost communication (face of shame)

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

Better confess to the class.  That quiet student sitting in the back row with a daydreaming look is actually soaking in every word you say and taking it to heart.
 
Gerald Cohen

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From: American Dialect Society on behalf of Charles Doyle
Sent: Sun 10/22/2006 9:17 AM
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Subject: Re: lost communication (face of shame)



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Also embarrassing was my walking into my Shakespeare class last week, having just been reminded (by a posting on this list) of Dr. Bowdler and the notorious trumpet-playing in Othello's bed.  I shared the information with the class, and the students were appropriately amused.  Only later did it occur to me that the Bowdlerized line appears in _Cymbeline_, not _Othello_ (though I believe the misascription is fairly common in recountings of Bowdler-lore). Now: Do I confess the error to my class or keep quiet, secure in the knowledge that my students never remember anything I say anyhow?

--Charlie

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