โฒ 139 โผ What is the most obscure fact you know? (lemmy.world) submitted 11 months ago by zachimusprime44@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml 168 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[โ] theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world 27 points 11 months ago (1 child) There are no extant recordings of George Orwell's voice permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 19 points 11 months ago (1 child) Also, the word doublespeak isn't from Orwell. In Nineteen Eighty-Four he used the term Newspeak, meaning a sort of clipped form of language designed to limit expression of thought, and doublethink, the practice of holding two contradictory thoughts at the same time and believing both to be true, but he never used the word doublespeak. Interestingly though, it actually predates Nineteen Eighty-Four, but nobody really knows who coined it exactly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] missfrizzle@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 11 months ago (1 child) Newspeak was inspired by Esperanto, because George Orwell had an annoying Esperantist roommate. "bad" in Esperanto is "malbone," literally "un-good." "terrible" in Esperanto is "malbonege," literally "very ungood." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (1 child) Also Esperanto at the time was hoped to be the universal second language of the working class. That did not mean esperantists were any less annoying then though permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] missfrizzle@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 11 months ago they meant well! honestly Esperanto has a really positive community, even still. but I can see how it'd get on someone's nerves. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 19 points 11 months ago (1 child) Also, the word doublespeak isn't from Orwell. In Nineteen Eighty-Four he used the term Newspeak, meaning a sort of clipped form of language designed to limit expression of thought, and doublethink, the practice of holding two contradictory thoughts at the same time and believing both to be true, but he never used the word doublespeak. Interestingly though, it actually predates Nineteen Eighty-Four, but nobody really knows who coined it exactly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] missfrizzle@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 11 months ago (1 child) Newspeak was inspired by Esperanto, because George Orwell had an annoying Esperantist roommate. "bad" in Esperanto is "malbone," literally "un-good." "terrible" in Esperanto is "malbonege," literally "very ungood." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (1 child) Also Esperanto at the time was hoped to be the universal second language of the working class. That did not mean esperantists were any less annoying then though permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] missfrizzle@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 11 months ago they meant well! honestly Esperanto has a really positive community, even still. but I can see how it'd get on someone's nerves. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] missfrizzle@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 11 months ago (1 child) Newspeak was inspired by Esperanto, because George Orwell had an annoying Esperantist roommate. "bad" in Esperanto is "malbone," literally "un-good." "terrible" in Esperanto is "malbonege," literally "very ungood." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (1 child) Also Esperanto at the time was hoped to be the universal second language of the working class. That did not mean esperantists were any less annoying then though permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] missfrizzle@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 11 months ago they meant well! honestly Esperanto has a really positive community, even still. but I can see how it'd get on someone's nerves. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (1 child) Also Esperanto at the time was hoped to be the universal second language of the working class. That did not mean esperantists were any less annoying then though permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] missfrizzle@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 11 months ago they meant well! honestly Esperanto has a really positive community, even still. but I can see how it'd get on someone's nerves. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] missfrizzle@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 11 months ago they meant well! honestly Esperanto has a really positive community, even still. but I can see how it'd get on someone's nerves. permalink fedilink source parent