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1. faerie+dT[view] [source] 2023-02-19 00:41:32
>>GavCo+(OP)
Of every change the ones to Augustus Gloop not being called "enormously fat" and instead being called "enormous" are the most jarring as his story is a moral parable about the dangers of gluttony. Even if you think such moral parables are wrong, the phrasing change isn't simply just aesthetic, it's fundamentally changing the story's narrative.
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2. Animat+we1[view] [source] 2023-02-19 03:46:53
>>faerie+dT
Last year, it was the Fat Controller from Thomas the Tank Engine.[1]

[1] https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/19487821/thomas-the-tank-engine-...

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3. twotha+Eq1[view] [source] 2023-02-19 05:46:33
>>Animat+we1
I started reading examples from the article to my wife and she brought up the fat controller. When my son was young we watched all the older, UK Thomas episodes on YouTube. We preferred the narrator and the fat controller to the US version.
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