Oxford Junior Dictionary Drops Nature Words

A long time ago, a special book called the Oxford Junior Dictionary took out words like acorn, bluebell, and conker.

These words describe things found in nature.

Instead, they added words like chatroom, broadband, and cut-and-paste, which are related to computers and the internet.

Some famous writers, like Margaret Atwood, were very upset about this.

They think it's important for children to know about nature.

The dictionary said they made these changes because that's how language is changing.

But others worry that children might not learn about nature if they don't have the words for it.

In India, people still use words like badaam and aam to talk about nature in their own languages.

It's important to pay attention to nature so we don't forget about it.