I know @aran isn’t the only one hereabouts fascinated with linguistics, so I thought I’d share a very interesting series of articles that I’ve just come across.
I’m almost certain I won’t be the first one here to have seen these, so apologies to those who may already be aware of Chi Luu’s articles, but for those who haven’t seen them, they’re well worth a read.
“Even the very words you use can no longer be trusted and, in the ongoing language wars, could mean something different by tomorrow.”. Somehow, that reminded me very much of Big Brother’s Doublespeak