21st Century NewSpeak - by Jack Kinsella In his famous book, - TopicsExpress



          

21st Century NewSpeak - by Jack Kinsella In his famous book, 1984 George Orwell introduced us to the words doublethink and newspeak. A word Orwell DIDNT use - but which combines the two - is doublespeak. Doublespeak is saying one thing and meaning another, usually its opposite. In Orwells 1984, when Big Brother and the Party say peace they mean war, when they say love they mean hate, and when they say freedom they mean slavery. Orwells thesis was that when words have no meaning, the events they were meant to describe lose their sense of reality... entire brief: omegaletter/articles/articles.asp?ArticleID=5914 Commentary on the News Monday, May 15, 2006
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