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> It's the epitome of wooden language Exactly. See the comment elsewhere about Orwell's 1984. In which Newspeak [0] is "a controlled language of simplified gra
by KineticLensman 6y ago
> It's the epitome of wooden language
Exactly. See the comment elsewhere about Orwell's 1984. In which Newspeak [0] is "a controlled language of simplified grammar and restricted vocabulary designed to limit the individual's ability to think and articulate "subversive" concepts such as personal identity, self-expression and free will"
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspeak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspeak