The Oxford Children's dictionary is getting dumbed down in a very tragic manner. It appears "raven" is getting offed in favor of "MP3 Player" (quoth the MP3 player, Nevermore!); where once we had a kingfisher, instead we have voicemail; and say adieu to the lonely beaver--we have shoved him out in favor of that omnipresent word so en vogue these days: tolerant.
How sad.
Sunday Morning Open Thread
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Baud alerted us to a fascinating story in the overnight thread: Thieves
broke into the Louvre and stole nine items of “incalculable value,”
allegedly wha...
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