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LibertyLover

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5. Does OUP also ask authors to not portray

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Wed Jan 14, 2015, 10:27 AM

Jan 2015

the eating of beef and beef products so that the books can be sold in countries with Hindu religious populations, like India, without offending them? Or how about the consumption of alcoholic beverages? I guess steak and kidney pie and pint will have to be changed to leek and squash quiche and a Lucozade.

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OUP authors told not to write about sausages or pigs in children's books to 'avoid offence' [View all] riversedge Jan 2015 OP

And leave evolution and global climate change out of schoolbooks to export to the USA.. Fumesucker Jan 2015 #1

If they're writing for that market, I get it. cali Jan 2015 #2

ummm. as I understand it, publishers are riversedge Jan 2015 #3

"So we can maximize our profits... silverweb Jan 2015 #4

You have hit it on the nail. thanks, riversedge Jan 2015 #8

Does OUP also ask authors to not portray LibertyLover Jan 2015 #5

Three little sheep went to the market. Jesus Malverde Jan 2015 #6

Who would think that the phrase "This Little Piggie Had Roast Beef" Nye Bevan Jan 2015 #7

"according to authors, the guidelines are well-known and widely used by educational publishers" muriel_volestrangler Jan 2015 #9

Thanks for finding that, which makes sense of an opportunistic headline. Denzil_DC Jan 2015 #13

Um, sausage can be and is often made with beef, turkey or chicken. KamaAina Jan 2015 #10

maybe we will finally find out what is in "spotted dick"? bettyellen Jan 2015 #11

So no Winnie the Pooh (Piglet), Toot and Puddle, Olivia or Charlotte's Web? hughee99 Jan 2015 #12

It's school books, not novels muriel_volestrangler Jan 2015 #14

A bigger concern is how Texas distorts American History and Civics for US classrooms. nt el_bryanto Jan 2015 #15