The words of the B vocabulary even gained in force


FROM
THE FACT
THAT NEARLY ALL
OF THEM WERE VERY
MUCH ALIKE. ALMOST INVARIABLY THESE WORDS ~
GOODTHINK, MINIPAX, PROLEFEED, SEXCRIME, JOYCAMP, INGSOC, BELLYFEEL, THINKPOL
and countless others - were words of two or three syllables, with the stress distributed equally between the first syllable and the last.

The use of them encouraged a gabbling style of speech, at once staccato and monotonous. And this was exactly what was aimed at: the intention was to make speech, and especially speech on any subject not ideologically neutral, as nearly as possible independent of con-sciousness, for the purposes of everyday life it was no doubt necessary, or sometimes necessary to reflect before speaking, but a Party member called upon to make a political or ethical judgment should be able to spray forth the correct opinions
as automatically as a machine-gun spraying forth bullets.

His training fitted him to do this, the language gave him an almost fool-proof instrument, and the texture of the words,
with their harsh sound and a certain willful ugliness which was in accord with the spirit of Ingsoc,
assisted the process still further.
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