Revenge of the Forgotten Class

[Kinser79]

(08-24-2017, 06:29 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: The problem comes when coining words, no matter what the technique, to turn means of communication into lies, especially  as euphemisms for horrors.

Which is precisely what PC language does. It is designed to systematically destroy thought and debate. Exactly as Orwell described Newspeak in the appendixes of 1984

Quote:It's the mainstream media that now show how much 'Trumpspeak' diverges from the truth. Fool, madman, or systemic liar?

If you're relying on the MSM for truth then you'll be sorely disappointed. I pay attention to them only enough to know what the enemy is saying.

Quote:Reality creates its own potential for powerful expressions. Were I to create an ideal language it would little resemble English.

Were you to create an ideal language very few people would actually use it. Constructed languages rarely catch on. I'm not saying that they are not used--seriously my boyfriend speaks fucking Klingon. And there are thousands who use Esperanto, but by and large the most successful languages are organic in nature.

If there were a linguist around here it is possible that he could tell us why some languages have a greater capacity to coin powerful expressions.