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    Childrens' Dictionary Revision Means End of Great Britain
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    Image of forwardmotion forwardmotion
    12/08/08

    In reply to Childrens' Dictionary Revision Means End of Great Britain
    I hope "upper class twit" made the cut. Otherwise how will the children understand the Upper Class Twit Olympics?
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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    12/08/08

    In reply to Childrens' Dictionary Revision Means End of Great Britain
    Isn't introducing "Nazis" into the conversation pretty much a blogzzkill?
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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    12/08/08

    In reply to Childrens' Dictionary Revision Means End of Great Britain
    "Dwarf" was also deleted in favor of the more politically correct, "little people."
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    Image of steampoweredboy steampoweredboy
    12/08/08

    In reply to Childrens' Dictionary Revision Means End of Great Britain
    The poor children of England, think of their children!


    "Mummy, what is this, the space between rows on the plane?"


    "I don't know luv...


    "And what is that funny man, with the pointy hat?"


    "Oh...I don't know sweetie."


    "Mummy, what is King William's job?"


    "Curse you dictionary! I DON'T KNOW!"

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    Image of gobblegirl gobblegirl
    12/08/08

    @steampoweredboy: exactly!
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    Image of Weegee's bored Weegee's bored
    12/08/08

    In reply to Childrens' Dictionary Revision Means End of Great Britain
    I call bollocks on this new dictionary.
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    Image of T.S._delegate T.S._delegate
    12/08/08

    @Weegee's bored: Nope, can't use that word either. Gotta stick with the words of teh internet age. Possibly "LOLshit"?
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    Image of Dickdogfood Dickdogfood
    12/08/08

    In reply to Childrens' Dictionary Revision Means End of Great Britain
    Shouldn't Roger Kimball consider the fact that he's writing for something called "PAJAMAS MEDIA" a much more telling piece of evidence that civilization is in decline?
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    Image of Weegee's bored Weegee's bored
    12/08/08

    In reply to Childrens' Dictionary Revision Means End of Great Britain
    Any nation that wallpapers its ceilings, has citizens with names like Birdwhistle, refers to the missionary position as "the beast with two backs," and willfully holds onto a chunk of Ireland can no longer be coddled within teh bosum of civilisation. sic.
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    Image of Weegee's bored Weegee's bored
    12/08/08

    @Weegee's bored: On the other hand, any nation where a commoner can seduce the Prince of Wales by pointing out that her grandmother seduced his great-grandfather cannot be dismissed out of hand.
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    Image of Lizawithazee Lizawithazee
    12/08/08

    In reply to Childrens' Dictionary Revision Means End of Great Britain
    Colonies win! Colonies win! Suck it, monarchists. We'll take our MP3 players and voicemails and go home.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    12/08/08

    In reply to Childrens' Dictionary Revision Means End of Great Britain
    so let me get this straight. They publish a dictionary especially for kids, which is actually just a regular dictionary, but missing lots of words. Which then requires you to buy a second dictionary for the rest of your family to look up the regular words in.


    Why would anybody buy this? If you're stupid enough to give your child a ridiculous "child's dictionary", then I think maybe you can live without the "Christian narrative of empire".

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    Image of Moff Moff
    12/08/08

    In reply to Childrens' Dictionary Revision Means End of Great Britain
    I don't have a vested interest, but I don't think they absolutely needed to include "snooch-muncher."
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    Image of Kid Twist Kid Twist
    12/08/08

    In reply to Childrens' Dictionary Revision Means End of Great Britain
    "Gullible" isn't in there, either.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    12/08/08

    @Kid_Twist: It's not??
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    Image of T.S._delegate T.S._delegate
    12/08/08

    @Kid_Twist: Oh, did they leave it on the ceiling?
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    Image of hortense hortense
    12/08/08

    In reply to Childrens' Dictionary Revision Means End of Great Britain
    This is pretty stupid. Every kid knows what an MP3 player is. No 10 year old is going to look that up. They need the dictionary for words like "abbey" and "monarch."
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    Image of Sarcastro Sarcastro
    12/08/08

    In reply to Childrens' Dictionary Revision Means End of Great Britain
    Also, "success" now comes before "work." Indolent little bastards.
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