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From: meus0001@maroon.tc.umn.edu (William E Meuse)
Subject: Re: BTW, IMO acronyms are dumb and commie
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Date: Sun, 19 Feb 1995 18:46:56 GMT
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solomon taibi (taibi91@matrix.newpaltz.edu) wrote:
: young_h@ix.wcc.govt.nz wrote:
: : meus0001@maroon.tc.umn.edu (William E Meuse) writes:
: :  
: : >One example of what it could resemble if this trend continues 
: : >is George Orwell's "duckspeak". Another is Chinese.
: : >In Orwell's futuristic novel '1984' (published in 1948), 
: : >"duckspeak" was a language concocted by government agents
: : "Duckspeak" ? ROTFL!  In my copy, it was "Newspeak". Maybe 
: "Newspeak" was the official language of Oceania.
: The Newspeak word "duckspeak" meant the ability automatically to 
: the ability automatically to rattle off vile heresies (when applied
: to Neo-Bolshevists or Death Worshipers).  This is a doubleplusgood
: example of doublethink.

: Nevertheless, I unbellyfeel the ungoodthinkful opinions of the
: original poster.

 Unbellyfeel all you want, sire, and while you're unbellyfeeling, don't 
look behind you: Here comes Odwakar at the head of the Roman (or is it 
the Ostrogoth?) legion, coming to...

 "AAARGH, KHHRR!"

 [The Imperial Roman Grandiliose Whore is tipped over sideways in his 
throne by an average sized mace!]
