Gosh. This is terribly terribly sad. Stop this world right here. Conkers.
This from The Observer’s Henry Porter:
It is difficult to read the list of words excluded from the new Oxford Junior Dictionary without a sharp sense of regret. Here are some of the words that have been culled: catkin, brook, minnow, acorn, buttercup, heron, almond, [...]
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Oh, beetroot, bray, bridle, porpoise, gooseberry the lot of you
December 16, 2008 – 3:59 pm
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