Re: New Pelorian and Language Engineering

From: Benedict Adamson <yahoo_at_...>
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 10:52:42 +0100


Graham Robinson wrote:

...

> Preventing language from being twisted to facilitate new
> expressions would require eternal vigilance. And therein lies the fun -
> assigning a Lunar hero band (or whatever the current obnoxious term for
> 'the party' is) a linguistic supervisor to ensure their communications are
> in adherence to the approved code...

...

Well, based on what we know so far, a Ministry of Truth who continually produce revised official dictionaries of the language with successively fewer distinctions would be more appropriate.

"I think you mean 'freedom' friend citizen. There never was a word 'slavery'."

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