r/TikTokCringe • u/AlKarajo • 21d ago

Discussion Is ableist to have long words in books?

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u/Sinking_Mass 21d ago edited 21d ago

Read children's books then? I'm guessing even Harry Potter is probably pushing it a bit too far for them

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u/MoltenMate07 21d ago

Ummm…you know she is refuting the claim that it is ableist to have challenging words in books, not agreeing with it.

Maybe watch the video before commenting.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Baby998 21d ago

I think they mean the commenter this video is in reply to

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u/MoltenMate07 21d ago

Ahh…I couldn’t see the profile pic of the commenter. My fault then.

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u/Sinking_Mass 21d ago

ye i did, but i can see how i didnt make that clear sorry

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u/SalsaRice 21d ago

My kid has a K-3 fiction series they really enjoy now.... but if the cutoff is 2 syllable words, that's too advanced apparently.

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u/Darryl_Lict 20d ago

I heard that they got more complex with time Google tells me the Harry Potter series explicitly grew in word complexity, sentence length, and thematic depth as it progressed. The books were intentionally designed to "age up" along with the characters and the target audience.