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Monday, December 8, 2008

Whither Goeth England?

Words associated with Christianity and British history taken out of children's dictionary



Oxford University Press has removed words like "aisle", "bishop", "chapel", "empire" and "monarch" from its Junior Dictionary and replaced them with words like "blog", "broadband" and "celebrity". Dozens of words related to the countryside have also been culled.

The publisher claims the changes have been made to reflect the fact that Britain is a modern, multicultural, multifaith society.
John Jansen at 12:39 PM

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