Friday 14 December 2012

Use No 40 NEW.SPEAK

new•speak Pronunciation: (nOO'spēk) Coined in George Orwell's classic book '1984', new.speak is an official or semiofficial style of writing or saying one thing in the guise of its opposite, esp. in order to serve a political or ideological cause while pretending to be objective The Managing Radioactive Wastes Safely Partnership has just won two awards for its outstanding contribution to New.Speak The title of the Partnership (Managing Radioactive Wastes Safely) is in itself blatant New.Speak Other key examples of MRWS new.speak are: *Democratic Process *Volunteer *Willing Community all saying one thing in the guise of its opposite. http://dictionary.infoplease.com/newspeak http://orwell.ru/library/novels/1984/english/en_app http://www.medialens.org/bookshop/newspeak.php and the resulting awards... http://www.nwemail.co.uk/two-awards-for-west-cumbria-nuclear-waste-consultation-1.1021517?referrerPath=news1

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