(George Orwell, 1946) Politics and the English Language

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[dennisw]

Thanks ... I shall take a look at the link.

[KarlInOhio]

Bump for future reading.

[dtel]

Excellent post.
BTTT

[SunkenCiv]

This topic is years old, so don't post replies and expect it to go well. :')

If you simplify your English, you are freed from the worst follies of orthodoxy. You cannot speak any of the necessary dialects, and when you make a stupid remark its stupidity will be obvious, even to yourself.