Dean spotted that bowdlerization is afoot in the iPad's bookstore's selection of classic literature! This includes obvious candidates such as a certain Joseph Conrad classic.
But ... sperm?
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1:35 pm Sun
Apr 4, 2010
iBooks naughty word filter doesn't let you say "sperm"
Dean spotted that bowdlerization is afoot in the iPad's bookstore's selection of classic literature! This includes obvious candidates such as a certain Joseph Conrad classic.
But ... sperm?
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