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July 24th, 2010 |
I see that publisher Hodder is to update the Enid Blyton Famous Five series to bring it into the 21st century.
So no more ‘jolly japes’, eh? According to The Guardian: ‘Starting next month with 10 Famous Five novels, Hodder is “sensitively and carefully” revising Blyton’s text after research with children and parents showed that the author’s old-fashioned language and dated expressions were preventing young readers from enjoying the stories. The narrative of the novels will remain the same, but expressions such as “mercy me!” have been changed to “oh no!”, “fellow” to “old man” and “it’s all very peculiar” to “it’s all very strange”.’
The character Nobby from Five Go Off in a Caravan is to be changed to Ned but they are not to do anything about Dick and Fanny. As Zoe Williams comments in her Gruniad blog: ‘Dick? In 2010? Do they have no idea how entendre-savvy today’s five-year-old is?’
How gay it will all be.