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1. bko+h5[view] [source] 2023-02-18 18:42:51
>>GavCo+(OP)
Here's a good list of changes. Most are about removing any references to ugly or fat. But also other strange things like changing the author's Matilda likes to read to include Jane Austin and John Steinbeck, not calling people crazy, swapping screeching to annoying, removing brothers and sisters to favor "siblings" and using "folks" instead of "ladies and gentlemen"

https://twitter.com/incunabula/status/1626860237104857089

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2. stuaxo+eR[view] [source] 2023-02-19 00:24:28
>>bko+h5
"folks" is possible the most egerious of these as it's an American version of English and Roald Dahl, while not English was spoke in the English version of English, not the US version.

"Everyone" or "people" would make more sense

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3. noneth+451[view] [source] 2023-02-19 02:22:25
>>stuaxo+eR
Or, you know, ladies and gentleman
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4. gedy+4o1[view] [source] 2023-02-19 05:14:54
>>noneth+451
Goodness how could he assume that before asking their personal pronouns? /s
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