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December 08, 2008
Best practice
Pace Christopher Hitchens, it is not only the DPRK using 1984 as a guide to best practice rather than a warning. Words associated with Christianity, the monarchy and British history have been declared doubleplusungood and dropped from Oxford's Junior Dictionary for children. Children in a modern, multicultural and multifaith Britain need to be told what an MP3 player is, apparently.
The following words are surplus to requirements and have been condemned to the Memory Hole. But enough of Orwell, he saw this coming; it is the shade of Tolkien that weeps. Soon the Black Speech of Mordor will be spoken as the master's tongue in the smoking remains of the Shire. Oxford might as well take "Britain" out of their next edition.
And "English" while they are at it.
Note the word "bacon" has been removed. Allahu sodding akbar.
Dwarf, elf, goblin
Abbey, aisle, altar, bishop, chapel, christen, disciple, minister, monastery, monk, nun, nunnery, parish, pew, psalm, pulpit, saint, sin, devil, vicar
Coronation, duchess, duke, emperor, empire, monarch, decade
adder, ass, beaver, boar, budgerigar, bullock, cheetah, colt, corgi, cygnet, doe, drake, ferret, gerbil, goldfish, guinea pig, hamster, heron, herring, kingfisher, lark, leopard, lobster, magpie, minnow, mussel, newt, otter, ox, oyster, panther, pelican, piglet, plaice, poodle, porcupine, porpoise, raven, spaniel, starling, stoat, stork, terrapin, thrush, weasel, wren.
Acorn, allotment, almond, apricot, ash, bacon, beech, beetroot, blackberry, blacksmith, bloom, bluebell, bramble, bran, bray, bridle, brook, buttercup, canary, canter, carnation, catkin, cauliflower, chestnut, clover, conker, county, cowslip, crocus, dandelion, diesel, fern, fungus, gooseberry, gorse, hazel, hazelnut, heather, holly, horse chestnut, ivy, lavender, leek, liquorice, manger, marzipan, melon, minnow, mint, nectar, nectarine, oats, pansy, parsnip, pasture, poppy, porridge, poultry, primrose, prune, radish, rhubarb, sheaf, spinach, sycamore, tulip, turnip, vine, violet, walnut, willow
Posted by Ghost of a flea at December 8, 2008 03:53 AM
Comments
Ok, I can understand removing turnips, as not many would miss them, but bacon? Sacrilege!
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at December 8, 2008 09:48 PM