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George Orwell on politics and the english language:
What is above all needed is to let the meaning choose the word, and not the other way around. In prose, the worst thing one can do with words is surrender to them. When you think of a concrete object, you think wordlessly, and then, if you want to describe the thing you have been visualizing yo... See more
Orwellian may be a current synonym for linguistic confusion, and yet he himself was the strongest advocate of his time for clear, explicit, uncomplicated political prose. In fact, he argued that streamlining communication and improving its accessibility to the masses would not, as critics today might argue, “dumb down” political discourse but in fa
... See moreDr. Frank Luntz • Words That Work: It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear
1984
Looking Back on the Spanish War | The Orwell Foundation
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