Agreed, and I don't regard the strong version as correct, either. What I mean here is that Orwell's concept of newspeak is Whorfian in nature, going beyond prop

Agreed, and I don't regard the strong version as correct, either. What I mean here is that Orwell's concept of newspeak is Whorfian in nature, going beyond propaganda, and Asimov does not seem to appreciate either aspect of newspeak.