Word Police

Posted on by kkrige

The Language Police strike.

I read an interesting article at Daily Writing Tips and I just had to share. The article took a look at the book ‘The Language Police’ by Diane Ravitch. The book itself focuses on words which are no longer encouraged for textbooks.

This was a partial list of words covered in a book;

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via Word Police – Word cloud – WordItOut.

What do you think about this? Do you agree with this list? Would you add any words or take a few of them out?

Published by kkrige

Katherine Krige might talk a good game about where she’s been, but nowadays she spends most of her time online as a Social Media Manager. When she isn’t blogging or writing witty Facebook posts, she is laughing at weird memes, while surfing for interesting news articles to share for clients. She lives in London, Ontario, Canada.

3 thoughts on “Word Police”

  1. Won’t be long before we’ll be down to so few acceptable words that all books will read like Dick and Jane.

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    1. @Timoteo: I hope not! Language has such beautiful nuances. I know that changes happen, but when we lose words due to instances like this, it can be sad.

      Let’s keep the yachts alive! 😉

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