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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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William E Meuse (meus0001@maroon.tc.umn.edu) wrote:
: 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 
: : : >In Orwell's futuristic novel '1984' (published in 1948), 
: : : >"duckspeak" was a language concocted by government agents
: : "Newspeak" was the official language of Oceania.
: : The Newspeak word "duckspeak" meant the ability automatically to 
: : to Neo-Bolshevists or Death Worshipers).  This is a doubleplusgood
: : example of doublethink.

: : Nevertheless, I unbellyfeel the ungoodthinkful opinions of the
: : original poster, not that he's a bad sort of chap.

:  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!]

 Sorry, I forgot to explain that this was a quote from the oldest 
recorded usage of the term 'unbellyfeel' in English, taken from the 
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle entry for 476 A.D., the year of the fall of the 
last Roman Emperor, Honorius Valerius. Hope I didn't confuse anyone.
