Thanet born and bread? Do you know if you are a Kentish Maid,
a Man of Kent, a Maid of Kent or a Kentish Man? I am asking this today because the
phrase Essex Girl is going to be removed from the Oxford Advanced Learner's
Dictionary, which is used to teach foreign language students English, after
campaign group The Essex Girls Liberation Front branded it "very
offensive". The phrase will stay in the Oxford English Dictionary as a
"type of young woman, supposedly found in and around Essex, and variously
characterised as unintelligent, promiscuous and materialistic". Does this
mean that Kentish Maid and Maid of Kent are on a slippery slope to Person of
Kent or Kentish Person?
https://news.sky.com/story/essex-girl-removed-from-dictionary-after-campaigners-claim-term-is-offensive-12151727 will we see maid of Kent and Kentish maid removed from the dictionary
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-55074293
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