 With the exception of a few "banner words" (riksmål "nu" rather than bokmål "nå" ("now"), "efter" rather than "etter" ("after"), "sne" rather than "snø" ("snow"), and "sprog" rather than "språk" ("language"), traditional riksmål forms were fully accepted in contemporary bokmål, though all the radical forms were retained.On 13 December 2002 the Samnorsk ideal was finally officially abandoned when the Ministry of Culture and Church affairs sent out a press release to that effect.The primary motivation for this change in policy was the emerging consensus that government policy should not prohibit forms that are in active use and had a strong basis in the body of Norwegian literary work.