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In George Orwell's 1984, Newspeak was a language formed by eliminating all of the words deemed unnecessary. The idea was, limit words and you may limit thoughts
by bassrattle 6y ago
In George Orwell's 1984, Newspeak was a language formed by eliminating all of the words deemed unnecessary. The idea was, limit words and you may limit thoughts. While brevity can make a sentence more powerful, getting in the habit of eliminating words might be dangerous.
- andrewflnr 6y agoUsing fewer words in a sentence is accomplished by having more words in your vocabulary.
- karaterobot 6y agoI think the meaning is different enough that it's not the same thing. Editors and writers talk about excising unnecessary words from specific sentences where they aren't helping the reader understand your meaning. But, they're not saying that you should remove those words from your vocabulary and never use them, which is what Newspeak was about.