Roald Dahl’s books have been edited to stop calling people fat so much

New editions of classic 20th century children’s books by British author Roald Dahl — such as “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “James and the Giant Peach,” “Matilda,” “The Witches” and “Fantastic Mr. Fox” — have been edited and rewritten to remove language seen as offensive or potentially insensitive to modern-day sensibilities.

After comparing new editions published by Puffin to previous versions of Dahl’s classics, the British newspaper The Telegraph found that the new versions removed or rewrote passages describing characters as “fat,” “crazy,” “ugly,” and “black.”

Some references to ethnicities have been removed or adjusted — “Eskimos” are now described as Inuit — and gender-neutral terms like “children” and “parents” have replaced some references to “boys and girls” and “mothers and fathers.”

The Telegraph cited before-andafter examples, including from “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” An older

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Boone on the bench edition of the book described one character like this: “The man behind the counter looked fat and well-fed. He had big lips and fat cheeks and a very fat neck.” In the newest edition, these sentences were removed entirely.

The Cowboys needed more than the 10 minutes they got from Kalib Boone on Saturday at TCU.

Tendencies from early in conference play showed up again, and those tendencies brought similar results.

OSU struggled with turnovers and went on a huge scoring drought in the first half of its 85-67 loss against West Virginia in Morgantown on Monday night, and it quickly took the Cowboys out of the game. Now, the Cowboys are on a three-game losing streak, just as they were in early January. Here are three takeaways from the game.

In that game, Boone picked up two quick fouls and was relegated to the bench. He attempted just two shots and had three points and no rebounds. Monday wasn’t better.

Boone was called for his first foul 43 seconds into the game, then his second with 17:58 left in the first half. Again, Boone was sent to the bench.

He played four minutes in the first half and had three turnovers and no shot attempts.

Boone picked up two more and a technical early in the second half, fouling out in just six minutes with four points and no rebounds.

Other sentences referencing fatness were also removed, such as “The fat around his neck bulged out all around the top of his collar like a rubber ring”; “Who’s the big fat boy?”; and “Enormous, isn’t he?”

Many edits are more subtle: “The fat shopkeeper shouted” became “the shopkeeper shouted,” and “the fat shop - keeper said” became “the shopkeeper said.”

Some Twitter users attacked the latest updates to Dahl’s books as “woke” and pointless. “The thing that annoys me about the Roald Dahl changes is how stupid they are,” tweeted Daily Telegraph arts and entertainment editor Anita Singh. “A ban on the word ‘fat’ yet keeping in the rest of the description in which Augustus Gloop is clearly fat.”

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Cowgirls looking for revenge in matchup vs Cyclones on Wednesday

opportunity to coach against Iowa State coach Bill Fennelly and his Cyclones, but this time in Stillwater.

After earning her 100th career win on Saturday, OSU’s Jacie Hoyt is ready to keep the ball rolling.

On Wednesday, OSU will look to grab its 20th win of the season against No. 20-ranked Iowa State. It’s their second meeting of the year after the Cowgirls fell to the Cyclones in January on the road, 69-64. Hoyt is looking forward to another

“I remember watching (Bill Fennelly’s) teams when I was in high school and have just admired his work ever since, so it’s very surreal for me to get to be on the other sideline going against him,” Hoyt said. “But I also feel like I’m ready to be home and get him in our place, because you know, it was a close game there (at Iowa State).”

In their last matchup, Iowa State limited OSU’s leading scorer Naomie Alnatas to nine points on 3-10 shooting. The Cowgirls didn’t have their best day from behind the arc either, making just five 3s on 17 attempts.

But as of late, Alnatas has caught fire. In her last four games, she’s averaging 19.3 points per game on 46% shooting, including two 20-point performances.

And since their loss to the Cyclones, OSU has posted a 6-2 record and is playing one of, if not their best, stretches of basketball.

They also have yet to lose at Gallagher-Iba Arena in the new year.

“I just think we’ve gotten better, we’ve gotten smarter defensively. I think we’re a much better team than we were that first time around (against Iowa State),” Hoyt said.

“The energy at our last home game against Baylor was electric, and I’m excited to hopefully have that again on Wednesday.”