re: Worries over racism, environment drive move to rename common Louisiana fish

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In 20 years there will be like 40 words allowed in the English language

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George Orwell 1984
Part 1 Chapter 5


You haven't a real appreciation of Newspeak, Winston,' he said almost sadly. 'Even when you write it you're still thinking in Oldspeak. I've read some of those pieces that you write in The Times occasionally. They're good enough, but they're translations. In your heart you'd prefer to stick to Oldspeak, with all its vagueness and its useless shades of meaning. You don't grasp the beauty of the destruction of words. Do you know that Newspeak is the only language in the world whose vocabulary gets smaller every year?'

Winston did know that, of course. He smiled, sympathetically he hoped, not trusting himself to speak. Syme bit off another fragment of the dark-coloured bread, chewed it briefly, and went on:

'Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it. Every concept that can ever be needed, will be expressed by exactly one word, with its meaning rigidly defined and all its subsidiary meanings rubbed out and forgotten. Already, in the Eleventh Edition, we're not far from that point. But the process will still be continuing long after you and I are dead. Every year fewer and fewer words, and the range of consciousness always a little smaller. Even now, of course, there's no reason or excuse for committing thoughtcrime. It's merely a question of self-discipline, reality-control. But in the end there won't be any need even for that. The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect. Newspeak is Ingsoc and Ingsoc is Newspeak,' he added with a sort of mystical satisfaction. 'Has it ever occurred to you, Winston, that by the year 2050, at the very latest, not a single human being will be alive who could understand such a conversation as we are having now?'




He meant it as a warning, the left wing views it as a manual

What about the Latin name for a black squirrel?

Can’t wait to try the new Invasive fusion restaurant in town

What about:

White Perch
Black Drum
Redfish

We still got work to do, Joe.

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Quercus nigra

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Nigra, please

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If blacks would stop attacking Asians they wouldn’t need to change a fishes name

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They aren't changing the name of a fish.

They are changing the way they refer to a group of invasive species. It's actually 4 different species: Bighead, grass, silver, and black carp.