Thread: Roald Dahl Children's Books Being Rewritten
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Old 02-18-2023, 08:01 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by Asawi View Post
I was thinking along the exact same lines (including being old and not with it)! The more I think about it, the more it upsets me. I would even go as far to say that it is good for children to come across a little bit of non-PC language now and then. It can be an opening for discussion about history and how norms and values have changed and what words/terminology is preferred today vs yesterday. Kids are not stupid!
Exactly. Kids are not stupid, unless fed non-stop stupidity.

This article has some of the changes in more detail and they really ARE mostly ridiculous and unnecessary, IMHO.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...witches-twits/

Oops, sorry about the above link, went to revisit it and it now appears to be behind a paywall. So if you click and get the actual article, and are interested in the details, save it as PDF before you exit. Too bad, as it was listing the differences in some detail.
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