What does Junior Oxford have against science geek girls?
Posted on 12/06/2008 5:18:47 PM PST by bruinbirdman
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.
But academics and head teachers said that the changes to the 10,000 word Junior Dictionary could mean that children lose touch with Britain's heritage.
"We have a certain Christian narrative which has given meaning to us over the last 2,000 years. To say it is all relative and replaceable is questionable," said Professor Alan Smithers, the director of the centre for education and employment at Buckingham University. "The word selections are a very interesting reflection of the way childhood is going, moving away from our spiritual background and the natural world and towards the world that information technology creates for us."
An analysis of the word choices made by the dictionary lexicographers has revealed that entries from "abbey" to "willow" have been axed. Instead, words such as "MP3 player", "voicemail" and "attachment" have taken their place.
Lisa Saunders, a worried mother who has painstakingly compared entries from the junior dictionaries, aimed at children aged seven or over, dating from 1978, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2007, said she was "horrified" by the vast number of words that have been removed, most since 2003.
"The Christian faith still has a strong following," she said. "To eradicate so many words associated with the Christianity will have a big effect on the numerous primary schools who use it."
Ms Saunders realised words were being removed when she was helping her son with his homework and discovered that "moss" and "fern", which were in editions up
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DoublePlusGood! [/cynic]
In less than one generation the Monarchy will be replaced with an Imam.
The UK is done and they did it to themselves.
Idiots trying to rewrite history.
The UK is truly kaput.
There will be a reaction with young people moving toward religion again, likely Islam.
Dumb 'em down.
When did suicide become modern ?
BLASTED IDIOTS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Goodthinker!
It's where they all *started* anyway.
Read my tagline.
So the words “infidel”, “Crusades” are gone?
and replaced them with Islamic words like "allah", "sharia law", "honor killing", "salah", and "caliphate."
When a Muslim says “death to the infidels”, the British boys and girls will think they are talking about head lice.
I’m assuming the gurus at Oxford University Press left in “dirt” and “bag” ~
“”aisle”, “bishop”, “chapel”, “empire” and “monarch””
Uh don’t those words still exist? So this must be part of and effort to cleanse the language of these evil words.
Of course, the distinguished educators will not do the one thing that would really get the attention of Oxford University Press:
Not purchase the book and strike it from the list of books required for use in public and private schools.
What does Junior Oxford have against science geek girls?
Dentistry
UNgland...
Modern Britain doesn’t have any aisles?
Where do people walk?
Do they just climb over the seats?
And they don’t have Bishops either?
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