Comments on Merriam-Webster = Too Risque For CA Schools?TypePad2010-01-26T00:13:03ZLeilahttps://bookshelvesofdoom.blogs.com/bookshelves_of_doom/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://bookshelvesofdoom.blogs.com/bookshelves_of_doom/2010/01/merriamwebster-too-risque-for-ca-schools/comments/atom.xml/Elisabeth(YSPrincess) commented on 'Merriam-Webster = Too Risque For CA Schools?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e20120a81ac185970b2010-01-28T02:45:50Z2010-01-28T02:45:50ZElisabeth(YSPrincess)http://www.ysprincess.blogspot.comPretty sad isn't it?<p>Pretty sad isn't it?</p>Kristi commented on 'Merriam-Webster = Too Risque For CA Schools?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e20128771869f6970c2010-01-27T05:08:45Z2010-01-27T05:08:45ZKristihttp://ahundredrevisions.wordpress.comHa, I love the Onion. Wait - what do you mean, this isn't from the Onion?<p>Ha, I love the Onion. Wait - what do you mean, this isn't from the Onion?</p>Paige Y. commented on 'Merriam-Webster = Too Risque For CA Schools?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e201287716cbb1970c2010-01-26T22:29:03Z2010-01-26T22:29:03ZPaige Y.http://readingandbreathing.blogspot.comMy school's Merriam-Webster doesn't have the "offensive" words, but it's in the American Heritage high school dictionary so if my...<p>My school's Merriam-Webster doesn't have the "offensive" words, but it's in the American Heritage high school dictionary so if my students need the definition, they can find it. Thank goodness -- therea re times that kids are genuinely curious and need to be able to find information out for themselves.</p>Callista commented on 'Merriam-Webster = Too Risque For CA Schools?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e201287716a5ed970c2010-01-26T22:02:24Z2010-01-26T22:02:24ZCallistahttp://smsbookreviews.blogspot.comOh god. I looked up words like that in the dictionary as I'm sure many do. It's just a nudge...<p>Oh god. I looked up words like that in the dictionary as I'm sure many do. It's just a nudge that maybe that child needs to have the talk or an extended talk. </p>
<p>Why do people have to freak out over such things? If it had an illustration I could see being upset but not just a definition.</p>Blaize commented on 'Merriam-Webster = Too Risque For CA Schools?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e20120a8130e88970b2010-01-26T20:10:20Z2010-01-26T20:10:20ZBlaizeYou know, I had a 1968 Random House dictionary, since replaced with a 1966 Random House dictionary, and I really...<p>You know, I had a 1968 Random House dictionary, since replaced with a 1966 Random House dictionary, and I really love it for various bits of its editorial slant. </p>
<p>The way I judge whether a dictionary is any good:<br />
1. Does it have a definition of f***?<br />
2. Does the definition of n****r start with the alert "offensive and disparaging"? (As opposed to the 1997 Merriam Webster Collegiate, which had as definition 1: "a black person--usually taken to be offensive." http://www.jstor.org/pss/2998744)<br />
3. Are all the other "naughty words" both present and fully defined, with etymologies when available?</p>
<p>I just figure that the way a dictionary handles the "bad" words is an indication of its overall integrity. Is that weird? </p>jim commented on 'Merriam-Webster = Too Risque For CA Schools?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e20120a811166a970b2010-01-26T13:31:59Z2010-01-26T13:31:59Zjimhttp://www.teacherninjas.comPeoples is crazy.<p>Peoples is crazy.</p>Bohemia commented on 'Merriam-Webster = Too Risque For CA Schools?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e201287713e91b970c2010-01-26T12:40:39Z2010-01-26T12:40:39ZBohemiaWHAT.<p>WHAT.</p>tanita commented on 'Merriam-Webster = Too Risque For CA Schools?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e20120a8103e17970b2010-01-26T09:36:31Z2010-01-26T09:36:31Ztanitahttp://tanitasdavis.comWow. Good luck to those parents; if that was MY classroom, I'd be building up the barricades and preparing for...<p>Wow. Good luck to those parents; if that was MY classroom, I'd be building up the barricades and preparing for war. YOU. WILL. NOT. REMOVE. A. REFERENCE. BOOK.</p>
<p>It'd be over my dead body.</p>Melynda commented on 'Merriam-Webster = Too Risque For CA Schools?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e20120a80ff265970b2010-01-26T08:07:28Z2010-01-26T08:07:28ZMelyndahttp://melyndahuskey.wordpress.comIf I'm following the story correctly, the term "oral sex" turns out not to be in the dictionary after all--but...<p>If I'm following the story correctly, the term "oral sex" turns out not to be in the dictionary after all--but parents started looking up other nasty words and found some, so THAT'S all right.</p>
<p>Ah, the humanity.</p>Beth commented on 'Merriam-Webster = Too Risque For CA Schools?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e20120a80fccb6970b2010-01-26T07:34:41Z2010-01-26T07:34:41ZBethhttp://libraryfrog.blogspot.comNot just challenged -- they pulled it. Gosh. I think they should stop reading books that have children in them,...<p>Not just challenged -- they pulled it. Gosh. I think they should stop reading books that have children in them, because you know how babies are made -- filthy business.</p>April Mitchell commented on 'Merriam-Webster = Too Risque For CA Schools?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e2012877125abc970c2010-01-26T05:00:47Z2010-01-26T05:00:47ZApril Mitchellhttp://ambitiousapril.blogspot.com/Wow! That's taking censorship a little TOO far.<p>Wow! That's taking censorship a little TOO far.</p>Jessie commented on 'Merriam-Webster = Too Risque For CA Schools?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e2012877121c12970c2010-01-26T03:54:39Z2010-01-26T03:54:39ZJessiehttp://synecdocheblog.blogspot.com/That's painful.<p>That's painful.</p>Jessica commented on 'Merriam-Webster = Too Risque For CA Schools?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e2012877120504970c2010-01-26T03:35:20Z2010-01-26T03:35:20ZJessicahttp://jessicaisreading.blogspot.comThis is the county where I grew up. Luckily my city/district/schools were all a little more realistic than this particular...<p>This is the county where I grew up. Luckily my city/district/schools were all a little more realistic than this particular one. </p>
<p>UGH. </p>Meaghan commented on 'Merriam-Webster = Too Risque For CA Schools?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e20120a80e375d970b2010-01-26T01:43:38Z2010-01-26T01:43:38ZMeaghanhttp://www.charleyproject.orgPlease shoot me now.<p>Please shoot me now.</p>Cass commented on 'Merriam-Webster = Too Risque For CA Schools?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e20120a80e00a6970b2010-01-26T01:01:35Z2010-01-26T01:01:35ZCasshttp://bonjourcass.blogspot.comWow. Just wow.<p>Wow. Just wow. </p>Gregory K. commented on 'Merriam-Webster = Too Risque For CA Schools?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e20120a80df432970b2010-01-26T00:54:32Z2010-01-26T00:54:32ZGregory K.http://gottabook.blogspot.comIsn't that just a greaaaaat story? Well, it is from a comedy perspective anyway. LA Times book blog coverage here,...<p>Isn't that just a greaaaaat story? Well, it is from a comedy perspective anyway.</p>
<p>LA Times book blog coverage here, by the way:</p>
<p>http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2010/01/school-district-pulls-dictionaries-for-oral-sex-definition.html</p>