28910241 its vocábulary was só constrùcted as to
Q&@
GIVE
EXACT AND
OFTEN VERY SUBTLE
EXPRESSION TO EVERY MEANING
THAT A PARTY MEMBER COULD PROPERLY
WISH TO EXPRESS, WHILE EXCLUDING ALL ÒTHER
MEANINGS AND ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF ARRIVING AT THEM
BY INDIRECT METHODS. THIS WAS DONE PARTLY BY THE INVENTION OF NEW WORDS,
BUT CHIEFLY BY ELIMINATING UNDESIRABLE WORDS AND BY STRIPPING SUCH WORDS AS REMAINED
OF UNORTHODOX MEANINGS, AND SO FAR AS POSSIBLE OF ALL SECONDARY MEANINGS WHATSOEVER?!
To give a single example. The word FREE still existed in NS, but it could only be used in such statements as
'This chicken is free from blood lice' or 'This shed is free from harmful insects'! It could nòt be used in its old sense of 'politically free' or 'intellectually free', since political & intellectual freedom no longer existed even as concepts, and we're therefore of necessity nameless.
Quote apart from the suppression of definitely heretical words, reduction of vocabulary was regarded as an end in itself, and no word that could be dispensed with was allowed to survive! NewSpeak was founded on English language as we now know it, though many
NewSpeak sentences, even when not containing newly-created words, would be barely intelligible to an English-speaker of our own day.
Dus 'n soort vetgesprokentelegraafkrantenkoppenstenotaal die hoofdzakelijk bestond uit Trumpismes, Poetinades, Erdogansheid, Mudurokoppigheid & Ping-
pingassociaties. Heel erg goed, heel erg slecht, zeer heilig, gelijkhebberig zwartwit & gecentreerd rondom dé Àfgod,
dé Stáát, dé President,
hùn Regering en HÈT Gróte Gelijk? Oeniger, poeniger, ergerlijker, zeurderiger & simplistischer kòn 't haast niet meer worden!!!
Kortom: discussie onmogelijk, winstbejag praktisch altijd op de allereerste plaats, vervelend saaie, zichzelf herhalende shit.
Circelredeneringen, vreugdedansjes, oorlogsdansen, massaal gejuich & handjeklap:
de rest was totaal niet meer boeiend, interessant of relevant meer:
wie niet weg is wordt gezien & geëlimineerd binnen
de kortste tijd - hand- & enkelboeien,
dikke tralies, mishandelingen,
martelingen &
de dood.

Asih, man, 80 jaar
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