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Aldi removes Roald Dahl book over language concerns

Friday, 29 August 2014    Books+Publishing
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Supermarket chain Aldi has removed Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes from its Australian stores following a customer complaint about its ‘unacceptable’ language for kids, reports the Guardian. The complaint, which was made on the store’s Facebook page, concerned the use of the word ‘slut’ in one of the book’s humorous poems.An...

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