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Kirsty McLuckie - Poor Jacqueline…they've gone and twitted her one

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Published Date: 27 August 2008
THE furore over a rude word used by children's author Jacqueline Wilson in My Sister Jodie, a book read by pre-teens, raises some serious questions.
After selling 150,000 copies already, her publisher decided to change one letter and replace the offending word with "twit" after complaints.

A spokesman said originally the vulgar term had been included "on purpose" because it was uttered by "a n...



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  • Last Updated: 26 August 2008 8:04 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Kirsty McLuckie
 
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Alberto.,

27/08/2008 09:16:53
#Kirsty McLuckie writes:-

"Nor is she the first author to underestimate its power. Robert Browning misused the term in his poem **Pippa Passes**, believing it to be an item of nun's clothing.
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No doubt with a vowel 'exchange' Pippa Passes could have caused Havoc - even in this day and age!

 

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