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What?!  No reference so that we information junkies can read the entire
article for ourselves?  Can you help?  : )

-- C. Ellen Wickham, Lecturer
Library Science and Information Services
Ward Edwards Library
Central Missouri State University
Warrensburg, MO 64093

(660) 543-4835
 cew4835@cmsu2.cmsu.edu

Frederick Muller wrote:

I just read this story on the Internet....
   Resisting pressure to sanitize its dictionary, Merriam-Webster has
agreed to flag entries for some 200 racial slurs and other
obscenities.  "A dictionary is a scholarly reference, not a political
tool... As long as the word is in use it is the responsibility as
dictionary publishers to put the word in the dictionary."  They will
put a note in italics before over 200 words
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What?!&nbsp; No reference so that we information junkies can read the entire
article for ourselves?&nbsp; Can you help?&nbsp; : )

<P>-- C. Ellen Wickham, Lecturer
<BR>Library Science and Information Services
<BR>Ward Edwards Library
<BR>Central Missouri State University
<BR>Warrensburg, MO 64093

<P>(660) 543-4835
<BR>&nbsp;<A HREF="/cew4835@cmsu2.cmsu.edu">cew4835@cmsu2.cmsu.edu</A>
<BR>&nbsp;
<BR>Frederick Muller wrote:

<P>I just read this story on the Internet....
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; Resisting pressure to sanitize its dictionary, Merriam-Webster
has
<BR>agreed to flag entries for some 200 racial slurs and other
<BR>obscenities.&nbsp; "A dictionary is a scholarly reference, not a political
<BR>tool... As long as the word is in use it is the responsibility as
<BR>dictionary publishers to put the word in the dictionary."&nbsp; They
will
<BR>put a note in italics before over 200 words
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