← Back to context Comment by lelanthran 7 hours ago What do you think Orwellian language means? 2 comments lelanthran Reply misterchocolat 7 hours ago Orwell's 6 rules for good writing:1. Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.2. Never use a long word where a short one will do.3. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.4. Never use the passive where you can use the active.5. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.6. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.Now you tell me peri-cl 7 hours ago I think GP's was a reference to Politics and the English Language (1946)—not "1984". An essay against convoluted writing styles.https://www.fadedpage.com/link.php?file=20180223.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_and_the_English_Langu...
misterchocolat 7 hours ago Orwell's 6 rules for good writing:1. Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.2. Never use a long word where a short one will do.3. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.4. Never use the passive where you can use the active.5. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.6. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.Now you tell me
peri-cl 7 hours ago I think GP's was a reference to Politics and the English Language (1946)—not "1984". An essay against convoluted writing styles.https://www.fadedpage.com/link.php?file=20180223.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_and_the_English_Langu...
Orwell's 6 rules for good writing:
1. Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
2. Never use a long word where a short one will do.
3. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
4. Never use the passive where you can use the active.
5. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
6. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.
Now you tell me
I think GP's was a reference to Politics and the English Language (1946)—not "1984". An essay against convoluted writing styles.
https://www.fadedpage.com/link.php?file=20180223.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_and_the_English_Langu...