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12/09/2008: "Dictionary changes "reflect the fact that Britain is a modern, multicultural, multifaith society""

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.

[ You don't have to be a Christian to find this horrifying. The intention must indeed be that children lose touch with an understanding of British history and sense of identity. This incident is only one of many attempts to do that. ]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/3569045/Words-associated-with-Christianity-and-British-history-taken-out-of-childrens-dictionary.html