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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

The Newspeak Language

The Ministry of Truth is removing words that they think could be rebellious thoughts against The Party. They remove words related to "bad" and make it into "ungood." However, I guess they can still say Big Brother is ungood but how can they defend or argue this statement if they can't find the words that don't exist. It's like if the words don't exist then they won't put them into action. They won't organize an uprising or tell one another they want to be free of Big Brother because they can't find the words. They are inventing new words, removing old ones, and giving them a new meaning. Soon Oldspeak will no longer exist and people will forget the words that link to what the past and truth really is. I disagree with these changes. I would hate to be limited to only a few words. I like to express myself. How can anyone do that when their words and thoughts are being limited? I think our language now should be more respected. We change meanings of words all the time whether its good or bad I don't know.

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  1. I agree, this would make our world very dull, but do you think it would make it more efficient?

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  2. It would be rather hard to express yourself when saying thins like "ungood" or "plusgood". haha. I couldn't imagine having to even think like that, let alone talk like that. It almost makes me feel like I need to talk in a monotone-like voice...

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  3. Yeah, it's almost like robot language.

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  4. agreed. that would be very weird, but I guess their society would be used to constantly making words duller, unlike us.

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