IMDb states in a couple of places that this line is 'censored' by Burns' arm hitting a typewriter, causing it to ring out. I found it interesting then, that my copy (from St. Clair Vision) has the line intact (which means there must have been at least one print that was unaffected).
shareThe TCM version I just saw today had that word spliced right out of the film. There were a few parts that looked spliced out.
shareThe copy available for download from Archive.org has the line intact, so there definitely is source material that isn't censored out there.
sharePeople say the oddest things in Mythical Kingdoms.
shareHa, I forgot that it was set in a "Mythical Kingdom." On a coincidental sidenote, I've had "I'll Be Your Mirror" stuck in my head for the past hour and was just trying to learn it when I stumbled across your post.
"Why do you find it so hard to believe?"
"Why do you find it so easy?"
"It's never BEEN easy!"