tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post897304637094890944..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: PROPOSED RESOLUTION ON THE COUNTERREVOLUTIONARY NATURE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGEUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-451492870027694892015-08-27T01:03:26.290-04:002015-08-27T01:03:26.290-04:00Um, Bruce, didn't you see the word "parod...Um, Bruce, didn't you see the word "parody"? It was just -- ahem -- a <i>modest proposal</i>.Sandwichmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11159060882083015637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-87222083438690238712015-08-26T23:54:10.583-04:002015-08-26T23:54:10.583-04:00"When I hear the words 'revolutionary spe..."When I hear the words 'revolutionary speech' I reach for my machine pistol"<br /><br />"Concern with correct thinking and proper expression of that thought is a hallmark of the true revolutionary."<br /><br />Gah!!! This is one reason the New Left went off the rails in the late 60s. It is not bad enough that people abandoned the New Deal for Mao's Red Book ("correct thinking") they also had to drag poor Otto Jesperson and theoretical linguistics into the quest for economic and social justice.<br /><br />As to the following, all I can say is "words fail":<br />"(It is well known that the irrational complexities of English spelling are a tool of the power structure to keep working class children in their place.)"<br /><br />What distinguishes any of this from the ravings of other language simplification cranks throughout time, those who in my own childhood told us the key to world peace was universal adoption of Esperanto. As opposed to actual political and worker organizing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04849952583072660993noreply@blogger.com