The pussification of the UK continues unabated

I don’t even have to comment here (although I will).  Just read these two lists.  The first list are words REMOVED from the Oxford University Press’ children’s dictionary.

Carol, cracker, holly, ivy, mistletoe

Dwarf, elf, goblin

Abbey, aisle, altar, bishop, chapel, christen, disciple, minister, monastery, monk, nun, nunnery, parish, pew, psalm, pulpit, saint, sin, devil, vicar

Coronation, duchess, duke, emperor, empire, monarch, decade

adder, ass, beaver, boar, budgerigar, bullock, cheetah, colt, corgi, cygnet, doe, drake, ferret, gerbil, goldfish, guinea pig, hamster, heron, herring, kingfisher, lark, leopard, lobster, magpie, minnow, mussel, newt, otter, ox, oyster, panther, pelican, piglet, plaice, poodle, porcupine, porpoise, raven, spaniel, starling, stoat, stork, terrapin, thrush, weasel, wren.

Acorn, allotment, almond, apricot, ash, bacon, beech, beetroot, blackberry, blacksmith, bloom, bluebell, bramble, bran, bray, bridle, brook, buttercup, canary, canter, carnation, catkin, cauliflower, chestnut, clover, conker, county, cowslip, crocus, dandelion, diesel, fern, fungus, gooseberry, gorse, hazel, hazelnut, heather, holly, horse chestnut, ivy, lavender, leek, liquorice, manger, marzipan, melon, minnow, mint, nectar, nectarine, oats, pansy, parsnip, pasture, poppy, porridge, poultry, primrose, prune, radish, rhubarb, sheaf, spinach, sycamore, tulip, turnip, vine, violet, walnut, willow

Can you imagine a dictionary, even a child’s dictionary, that did not define words like cracker or bloom?  What, kids don’t see crackers on tables or flowers in a box or pot?  The urbanization of the UK is not a valid excuse for this.  And bacon?  They removed bacon so as to promote multiculturalism?  No. They removed bacon because the very word in a god-damned dictionary offends Muslims.  Or the simpering foppy Brits think it will, anyway.  Truth is, it probably doesn’t offend anyone.  Brits have white guilt too, and they have turned their country inside-out in pursuit of absolution.

And speaking of simpering fops, here’s the list of words added:

Blog, broadband, MP3 player, voicemail, attachment, database, export, chatroom, bullet point, cut and paste, analogue

Celebrity, tolerant, vandalism, negotiate, interdependent, creep, citizenship, childhood, conflict, common sense, debate, EU, drought, brainy, boisterous, cautionary tale, bilingual, bungee jumping, committee, compulsory, cope, democratic, allergic, biodegradable, emotion, dyslexic, donate, endangered, Euro

Apparatus, food chain, incisor, square number, trapezium, alliteration, colloquial, idiom, curriculum, classify, chronological, block graph

Yeah.  The excuse that the dictionary can only be so big is also nonsense.  These choices were made with a purpose.  They removed particular things and included others.  Include “tolerant” but remove “corgi?” Why?  Because the Queen has corgis and the kids might take an interest in the monarchy and learn British history or something horrible like that?

It’s a seemingly silly thing about which to get mad - and I’m not really mad so much as bemused at the further decline of a once-great civilization - but it’s a million little cuts like this that will bleed identity and pride out of a nation until no one gives a crap about it anymore.  And that, to me, is a shame.

Hat tip: Breda

Posted by JimK at 03:56 PM on December 08, 2008
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