Agatha Christie novels reworked to remove potentially offensive language

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Among the examples of changes cited by the Telegraph is the 1937 Poirot
novel Death on the Nile, in which the character of Mrs Allerton complains
that a group of children are pestering her, saying that “they come back
and stare, and stare, and their eyes are simply disgusting, and so are
their noses, and I don’t believe I really like children”.

This has been stripped down in a new edition to state: “They come back and stare, and stare. And I don’t believe I really like children.”

…

The updates follow edits made to books by Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming to
remove offensive references to gender and race in a bid to preserve their relevance to modern readers.

как казваха старите хора - когато господ иска да погуби някого, първо му
взима акъла.

само ми е интересно как ще запазят актуалността на творбата за
съвременните читатели?! че преработеният текст е повече от стерилен.

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«地 球 誕 生 在 牛 市 的 小 時 — Earth is born in the Bull's hour»

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On Mon, 27 Mar 2023 11:12:13 -0700 (PDT), Ivaylo Ivanov wrote:

On Monday, March 27, 2023 at 2:20:25 AM UTC-4, Nick wrote:

Agatha Christie novels reworked to remove potentially offensive
language

…

Among the examples of changes cited by the Telegraph is the 1937 Poirot
novel Death on the Nile, in which the character of Mrs Allerton
complains that a group of children are pestering her, saying that “they
come back and stare, and stare, and their eyes are simply disgusting,
and so are their noses, and I don’t believe I really like children”.

This has been stripped down in a new edition to state: “They come back
and stare, and stare. And I don’t believe I really like children.”

…

The updates follow edits made to books by Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming to
remove offensive references to gender and race in a bid to preserve
their relevance to modern readers.

как казваха старите хора - когато господ иска да погуби някого, първо
му взима акъла.

само ми е интересно как ще запазят актуалността на творбата за
съвременните читатели?! че преработеният текст е повече от стерилен.

Това с нейните книги не е ново. Тя има книга със загллевие "Ten Little
Niggers" ("Десет малки негърчета" на български), която отдаване не се
преиздава с това име. Между другото, второто име, "Ten Little Indians",
също става политнекоректно и сега са третото - баналното "And Then There
Were None" :-D

знам, че не е ново, просто се чудя какво ще измислят за „абсолютно черно
тяло“ и „черна дупка“.

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On Mon, 27 Mar 2023 18:33:12 -0000 (UTC), Nick wrote:

знам, че не е ново, просто се чудя какво ще измислят за „абсолютно черно
тяло“ и „черна дупка“.

:DDDD

Често си репа, ама сега изкупи всички подобни грехове!!! Направо злато! :DDDDD

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