XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: HenHanna@devnull.tb   
      
   On 1/20/2024 4:08 PM, Ross Clark wrote:   
   > The language link, of course, is the essay "Politics and the English   
   > Language" (1946), still widely read and cited as a cautionary against   
   > politicians' use of euphemism and obfuscatory language to conceal what   
   > they have done, are doing or propose to do. Never more relevant, in the   
   > age of "special military operations"....   
   >   
   > Strange fact about Orwell which came to light in a previous discussion:   
   > apparently there is no extant record of his voice. This despite the fact   
   > that he broadcast many talks on the BBC over a period of years. Perhaps   
   > he died too soon after the advent of the tape recorder.   
      
      
   my #1 fav essay by Orwell is...   [Why i write]   
      
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