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Please be civil Mother Goose

Posted by zazenduck on May 2, 2006, at 10:38:33

This does not mean we do not like you or that you are not a good goose.


TRADITIONAL nursery rhymes are being rewritten at nursery schools to avoid causing offence to children.
Instead of singing “Baa baa, black sheep” as generations of children have learnt to do, toddlers in Oxfordshire are being taught to sing “Baa baa, rainbow sheep”.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2073043,00.html

 

How civil of them. (nm) » zazenduck

Posted by crazy teresa on May 2, 2006, at 11:53:58

In reply to Please be civil Mother Goose, posted by zazenduck on May 2, 2006, at 10:38:33

 

Re: Please be civil Mother Goose

Posted by Phillipa on May 2, 2006, at 13:02:23

In reply to Please be civil Mother Goose, posted by zazenduck on May 2, 2006, at 10:38:33

You can't be serious???? Love Phillipa

 

Re: Please be civil Mother Goose

Posted by deirdrehbrt on May 2, 2006, at 14:21:06

In reply to Re: Please be civil Mother Goose, posted by Phillipa on May 2, 2006, at 13:02:23

I loaned them out, so I'll probably never see them again, but I had two books of politically correct bedtime stories that were hilarious. I wish I remembered the author.


Just did a web search and found an article about these books at GWU. Here it is:
http://www.gwu.edu/~germ701/adaptations/Ben/policorrect.htm

The author is James Finn Garner, and the books were incredible.

BB, Dee

 

Re: Please be civil Mother Goose

Posted by Declan on May 2, 2006, at 14:35:32

In reply to Please be civil Mother Goose, posted by zazenduck on May 2, 2006, at 10:38:33

For our kids we managed to get a golliwog (took some time) and what was a lot of fun "Grimms Grimmest Fairy Stories" in an appropriately black cover. All the censorship from the Victorian times taken out and the original peasant stories as they were. The kids loved it and so did I. But they were pretty sad. Nothing though was as sad for me as Oscar Wilde's "The Happy Prince". I was in tears halfway through and the kids confused.
Declan

 

Re: Please be civil Mother Goose » deirdrehbrt

Posted by Declan on May 2, 2006, at 14:43:34

In reply to Re: Please be civil Mother Goose, posted by deirdrehbrt on May 2, 2006, at 14:21:06

I've always wanted to get my hands on "How To Read Donald Duck". That link you posted was very funny in itself.

 

Re: Please be civil Mother Goose

Posted by Emily Elizabeth on May 2, 2006, at 22:58:09

In reply to Please be civil Mother Goose, posted by zazenduck on May 2, 2006, at 10:38:33

If only these people would put their energies into fighting oppression and injustice in REAL LIFE...

Best,
EE

 

What about The Gashlycrumb Tinies? » zazenduck

Posted by crazy teresa on May 3, 2006, at 15:31:24

In reply to Please be civil Mother Goose, posted by zazenduck on May 2, 2006, at 10:38:33

http://users.aol.com/emarko/gorey.html

Fanny is my personal favorite! ;~}

 

Re:Please rephrase » crazy teresa

Posted by zazenduck on May 5, 2006, at 11:07:39

In reply to What about The Gashlycrumb Tinies? » zazenduck, posted by crazy teresa on May 3, 2006, at 15:31:24

I LOVE them!!

However to protect the sensitivities of others and prevent anyone from feeling putdown or disparaged they MUST be rephrased.

F is for F*nny who shared her body fluids with a friendly leech.

 

Re: Please be civil Mother Goose » zazenduck

Posted by alesta on May 8, 2006, at 11:45:23

In reply to Please be civil Mother Goose, posted by zazenduck on May 2, 2006, at 10:38:33

oh my god that is *insane* hahaha! thanks for sharing zazen!

alesta

p.s. my dad's nickname for me used to be 'goose' :)...i haven't remembered that for a long time...thanks for inadvertently sparking that recognition.:)



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