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"Politics and the English Language" is unquestionably one of Orwell's most important essays. Kind of amazing that this post overlooks it.
by Finnucane 10y ago
"Politics and the English Language" is unquestionably one of Orwell's most important essays. Kind of amazing that this post overlooks it.
- iak8god 10y agoThe post quotes it, but does not mention it.
- visakanv 10y agoI loved it so much that I once tried to do a 'modern update' of it, with headers and bullet points and so on. It's meant to be a supplement to the original essay, not a replacement: http://visakanv.com/blog/politics-and-the-english-language http://visakanv.com/blog/politics-and-the-english-language
- Finnucane 10y agoI would be willing to bet money that Orwell would have hated bullet points. Also, PowerPoint.
- visakanv 10y agoI didn't remove anything that he said; I just presented his multiple lists of examples in a easier-to-read format. The original essay probably was formatted a particular way on the printed page, but it's turned into a tedious wall of text in the orwell.ru version. I have a link to the predecessor in opening; so you can open both copies in separate tabs and compare them for yourself.