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plumpy nut · Joined: 12 Mar 2011 Posts: 1652

I'm not exactly sure what you mean. Interestingly enough it was Orwell who pointed out that English prose sounds better when it uses more Saxon derived words than Latin or French derived words.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Sensible politics too seems to have come to an end around that time.

grahamb · Joined: 30 Apr 2003 Posts: 1945

Plumpy Nut, I was referring to Orwell's simple prose (I also admire Graham Greene's style).

Ironically, there's a lot of Newspeak nowadays: downsizing, collateral damage, quantitative easing, redacting, skillset and so on. Call me old-fashioned, but it's not good English.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

I now vote for Volapük.

grahamb · Joined: 30 Apr 2003 Posts: 1945

There's a lot to be said for Scottish Gaelic: only 18 letters in the alphabet.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

A language only kept alive by huge injections of cash from the BBC and the Scottish Governement !

Sashadroogie · Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2014 4:43 pm Post subject:

A language death resulting from the Piggie policies driving the Highland Clearances...

grahamb · Joined: 30 Apr 2003 Posts: 1945

Not dead yet, Comrade Sasha, despite the best efforts of the Evil Empire and turncoat Dundonians. Wink

Sashadroogie · Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2014 5:58 pm Post subject:

But well on the way. Hardly the language of state, as was once the case.

Moribund, then