Talk:Mrs Grundy

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"propriety" doesn't have its own article for this context

Bravo, Wikipedia! I had no idea of the long literary history. An excellent, concise, nicely documented scholarly article.

Mrs. Grundy was a familiar reference well into the nineteen seventies and a useful one. She was used much the way the term "political correctness" now is. Instead of grumbling, "Can't do it, It's not PC," people would mutter, "We can't do that. What would Mrs. Grundy say?" "Mrs. Grundy wouldn't like it. Forget it."

In fact, she may have dropped out only because the term PC more exactly expressed the new social censorship? Mrs. Grundy deserves a comeback, perhaps as Ms. Grundy? She's still out there watching and tsk tsking.Profhum (talk) 15:53, 25 January 2008 (UTC)