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The Globe & Mail is reporting that the Oxford Junior Dictionary has =
removed a whole pile of words related to the natural world (like =
porcupine, kingfisher and heron) to make room for high-tech gadget words =
like blog and MP3 player. Is the natural world now irrelevant or beyond =
the daily experiences of English-speaking children? This concerns me =
profoundly. No one thinks twice about about clear cutting or strip =
mining a forest full of things they don't know anything about and can't =
call by name. Narrow the language, narrow the thinking.=20
Here's a link to the story (though the G&M often locks their stories =
after a day or two).
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081209.woxford1209/B=
NStory/Entertainment/home
Andrew
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GASPEREAU PRESS =B6 PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS
47 CHURCH AVE., KENTVILLE, NOVA SCOTIA
902 678 6002 www.gaspereau.com
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irrelevant or beyond the daily experiences of English-speaking children? =
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and can't=20
call by name. Narrow the language, narrow the =
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(though=20
the G&M often locks their stories after a day or=20
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href=3D"http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081209.woxfo=
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif">Andrew</FONT></DIV>
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