The Bookseller reports: "Random House Children's Books has yet to make a decision when it will reprint Jacqueline Wilson's My Sister Jodie after deciding to remove an offensive word from future reprints of the book.
The publisher said it had received three complaints over the use of the word "twat" in the title aimed at children aged 10 and over.[That's what one of the kids calls another.] It is to be replaced by the word "twit". It has sold more than 150,000 copies of the book since publication in March."
OK, let's do a little arithmetic here. 149,997 people buy the book and have no complaints. Three people buy the book and do. In the insane world of Political Correctness, three is bigger than 149,997 and the "offensive" word must be replaced.
I suggest that four of us complain that we're offended by the word "twit." Let's see what they change it to next.
