Wednesday, 5th March, 2025

Small men to small people, fat to enormous - re-editing of Roald Dahl's books slammed

OceanFM Ireland -
Small men to small people, fat to enormous - re-editing of Roald Dahl's books slammed

Derek from Killybegs, who does a bit of writing himself, says he's appalled at the decision to re-edit some of the famous Roald Dahl books to remove language that the publishers believe could now be offensive. Thus 'fat' becomes 'enormous', and the Oompa Loompas are small 'people', not small 'men'

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