Examples were such words as Nazi/Gestapo/Agitprop
Comintern/Inprecor/And so on: in the beginning that practice had been adopted as it were instinctively, but in Newspeak it was used with a conscious purpose; it was perceived that in thus abbreviating a name one narrowed and subtly altered its meaning, by cutting out most of the associations that would otherwise cling to it?
The words COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL, for instance, call up a composite picture of universal human brotherhood, red flags, Karl Marx or barricades and the Paris Commune! The word COMINTERN, on the other hand, suggests merely a tightly-knit organization and a very well-defined body of doctrine. It refers to something almost as easily recognisedm and as limited in purpose, as a chair or a table ~~~
Comintern is a word that can be uttered almost without taking thought, whereas Communist International, is a phrase over which one is aligned to linger at least momentarily. In the same way, the associations called up by a word like MINITRUE are fewer & more control lable than those called up by Ministry of Truth!
This accounted not only for the habit of abbreviating whenever possible, but also for the almost exaggerated care that was taken to makes very word easily pronounceable. In Newspeak, euphony outweighed every consideration other than exactitude of meaning. Regularity of grammar was always sacrificed to it when it seemed necessary.
And rightly so, since what was required, above all for political purposes, were short clipped words of unmistakeable meaning which could be uttered rapidly & which roused the minimum of echoes in the speaker's mind!
Deden we iets dergelijks
niet al jaren eveneens allemaal als het ging
om zaken als bv. VOC/WIC, Spain, Patriot, Mof, Oranje, roodwitblauw,
Armada, Armageddon, Hemel, Hel, Gòd, Paus, BVD, Holy Mary/Maria, Jezus etceterara:
samen met alle aanverwante associaties van kolonies, oorlogen, huurlegers, overvallen, trouw,
tragedie, eindstrijdtijd, beloning, bestraffing, love & hate, Moeder, Vader, Broer, Zus, kind,
politionele acties, rijksgebiedsdelen overzee,
agressie, defensie, feest, plicht,
gedicht & volkslied???
The words COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL, for instance, call up a composite picture of universal human brotherhood, red flags, Karl Marx or barricades and the Paris Commune! The word COMINTERN, on the other hand, suggests merely a tightly-knit organization and a very well-defined body of doctrine. It refers to something almost as easily recognisedm and as limited in purpose, as a chair or a table ~~~
Comintern is a word that can be uttered almost without taking thought, whereas Communist International, is a phrase over which one is aligned to linger at least momentarily. In the same way, the associations called up by a word like MINITRUE are fewer & more control lable than those called up by Ministry of Truth!
This accounted not only for the habit of abbreviating whenever possible, but also for the almost exaggerated care that was taken to makes very word easily pronounceable. In Newspeak, euphony outweighed every consideration other than exactitude of meaning. Regularity of grammar was always sacrificed to it when it seemed necessary.
And rightly so, since what was required, above all for political purposes, were short clipped words of unmistakeable meaning which could be uttered rapidly & which roused the minimum of echoes in the speaker's mind!
Deden we iets dergelijks
niet al jaren eveneens allemaal als het ging
om zaken als bv. VOC/WIC, Spain, Patriot, Mof, Oranje, roodwitblauw,
Armada, Armageddon, Hemel, Hel, Gòd, Paus, BVD, Holy Mary/Maria, Jezus etceterara:
samen met alle aanverwante associaties van kolonies, oorlogen, huurlegers, overvallen, trouw,
tragedie, eindstrijdtijd, beloning, bestraffing, love & hate, Moeder, Vader, Broer, Zus, kind,
politionele acties, rijksgebiedsdelen overzee,
agressie, defensie, feest, plicht,
gedicht & volkslied???
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