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Romanian Academy admits Jewish slur is pejorative [Aug 21, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - The Romanian Academy will alter its definition of an anti-Semitic slur in a dictionary to make it clear the word is pejorative. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian Academy admits Jewish slur is pejorative [Aug 21, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - The Romanian Academy will alter its definition of an anti-Semitic slur in a dictionary to make it clear the word is pejorative. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian Academy admits Jewish slur is pejorative [Aug 21, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania The Romanian Academy will alter its definition of an anti-Semitic slur in a dictionary to make it clear the word is pejorative. The academy wrote to the Center for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism on Wednesday, saying it should have described the word as pejorative. The DEX dictionary says the term is used in a "familiar" sense ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania to correct anti-Semitic definition [Aug 12, 2011] The Romanian Academy, the country's linguistic watchdog, on Thursday promised to change the definition of an anti-Semitic word included in a widely-circulated dictionary, after a Jewish group slammed it as "shameful". [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania to correct anti-Semitic definition [Aug 12, 2011] BUCHAREST (AFP) - The Romanian Academy, the country's linguistic watchdog, on Thursday promised to change the definition of an anti-Semitic word included in a widely-circulated dictionary, after a Jewish group slammed it as "shameful". [via YahooNews] More >>

Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsRomanian Academy admits Jewish slur is pejorative [Aug 10, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - The Romanian Academy will alter its definition of an anti-Semitic slur in a dictionary to make it clear the word is pejorative. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian Academy admits Jewish slur is pejorative [Aug 10, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania The Romanian Academy will alter its definition of an anti-Semitic slur in a dictionary to make it clear the word is pejorative. The academy wrote to the Center for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism on Wednesday, saying it should have described the word as pejorative. The DEX dictionary says the term is used in a "familiar" sense ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Jewish group urges Romanian Academy to explain anti-Semitic word [Aug 09, 2011] Maximilian Katz, director of the Center for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism said that the commonly used Romanian word is offensive, but that is not explained in the official dictionary [via YahooNews] More >>

Jewish group urges Romanian Academy to explain anti-Semitic word [Aug 08, 2011] Maximilian Katz, director of the Center for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism said that the commonly used Romanian word is offensive, but that is not explained in the official dictionary [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian Gypsies seek dictionary definition change [Jul 22, 2011] What's in a name? An insult, according to Romania's Gypsies who are pushing for the nation's leading dictionary to add "pejorative" to its definition of the word "Gypsy" as "people with bad habits." [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian Gypsies seek dictionary definition change [Jul 20, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania What's in a name? An insult, according to Romania's Gypsies who are pushing for the nation's leading dictionary to add "pejorative" to its definition of the word "Gypsy" as "people with bad habits." Roma, or Gypsy, rights groups have pressured the editors of the DEX dictionary to change that particular definition. Romanians use "Gypsy ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian Gypsies seek dictionary definition change [Jul 20, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania What's in a name? An insult, according to Romania's Gypsies who are pushing for the nation's leading dictionary to add "pejorative" to its definition of the word "Gypsy" as "people with bad habits." Roma, or Gypsy, rights groups have pressured the editors of the DEX dictionary to change that particular definition. Romanians use "Gypsy ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian Gypsies push for dictionary definition to reflect discrimination [Jul 20, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania - What's in a name? An insult, according to Romania's Gypsies who are pushing for the nation's leading dictionary to add "pejorative" to its definition of the word "Gypsy" as "people with bad habits." [via YahooNews] More >>