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Calz

11th March 2016, 19:33

I expect this goes beyond the English language and into other countries but I don't know.

Not there.

Political correctness and what the liberals (globalists) are foisting upon us (particularly in the school system) is getting crazy.

Good vid (not long).

Any thoughts???

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The Orwellian destruction of language is happening right now

Truthstream Media
Sat, 05 Mar 2016 19:11 UTC

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DlvNWvrZ5to/TdRd6AzOQHI/AAAAAAAAAHY/N3oqAG1rC1w/s1600/1984+george+orwell.jpg

We're socially engineering generations of mentally neutered, entitled, self-centered adult children who can only get angry at inconsequential bull**** instead of critically thinking about what's really wrong with the world happening all around them. Part of this includes the PC destruction of language for not being "inclusive" enough, turning otherwise harmless words into weapons of mass distraction. The entire reason for Orwell's destruction of language was to literally narrow the person's ability to think certain thoughts. It's beyond thought crime, and it's happening right here, right now. Doesn't matter what year your calendar says, it's 1984.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njnFx06n1fU

http://www.sott.net/article/313806-The-Orwellian-destruction-of-language-is-happening-right-now

Shannon

11th March 2016, 19:55

She made some fantasic points in that video, calz. Thanks, man. Check it out peeps, it's pretty quick and to the mark...

Here's something funny that compliments the above video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceS_jkKjIgo&ebc=ANyPxKobWOU5OF5huH9PebSAZoYaZHLQlWjAOLAAMtckbX 67Q8g0veYF_DZb9_nTF_I7y0ABTb6XQpCyjktV6b0QS1M34eQo 6A

MorningSong

11th March 2016, 20:39

I saw this following news item (not the same article) some time back, and as a mother and educator, was a bit shocked:

Education
Prof Bans Students From Saying ‘Husband’ Or ‘Wife’ Because It’s Not ‘Inclusive’

Photo of Peter Hasson
Peter Hasson
3:52 PM 02/05/2016

In just the latest instance of taxpayer-funded censorship, students in one University of Florida course have been banned from using words such as “husband,” “wife,” “mom,” or dad” in the classroom and risk losing points off their grade if they don’t comply.

In the syllabus for her “Creativity In Context” class — a required course for any student pursuing a minor in Innovation — UF professor Jennifer Lee informs students of her four paragraph long classroom “communications policy” that she says will enforce “ethical conduct” in the classroom.

“The following policies and guidelines will be followed in this course,” the policy begins, followed by a bullet point instructing students to “Use inclusive language.” The policy mandates that students “[s]peak in a way that does not make assumptions about others based on “norms”, stereotypes, or one’s own identity or experience.”

The syllabus explains that this means replacing the words “boyfriend”/”girlfriend” with the more inclusive “partner” or “significant other.” The rule applies to conversations about married couples too: saying “husband” or “wife” is forbidden. Even the words “mom” and “dad” have a more “inclusive” alternative — students are told to use the word ‘family” instead.

http://dailycaller.com/2016/02/05/prof-bans-students-from-saying-husband-or-wife-because-its-not-inclusive/

Hawkwind

11th March 2016, 20:40

...

Political correctness and what the liberals (globalists) are foisting upon us (particularly in the school system) is getting crazy.

We're socially engineering generations of mentally neutered, entitled, self-centered adult children who can only get angry at inconsequential bull**** instead of critically thinking about what's really wrong with the world happening all around them. Part of this includes the PC destruction of language for not being "inclusive" enough, turning otherwise harmless words into weapons of mass distraction. The entire reason for Orwell's destruction of language was to literally narrow the person's ability to think certain thoughts. It's beyond thought crime, and it's happening right here, right now. Doesn't matter what year your calendar says, it's 1984.

Double plus not good, that. (Sorry, couldn't resist)

Calz

11th March 2016, 22:21

Curious.

Any members from other countries know of efforts to eliminate gender related terms in your language ... boy/girl mother/father and so on???

rezboom

11th March 2016, 23:14

Curious.

Any members from other countries know of efforts to eliminate gender related terms in your language ... boy/girl mother/father and so on???

Very much so in Germany and Austria (maybe in the latter even more so). One variant is the so called "Binnen-I", which changes a word that normally would be masculine, like "Studenten" (plural of "Student") into "StudentInnen" (which is supposed to include both sexes).
There's even a firefox plugin to remove the "Binnen-I" from website texts, because it is incredibly irritating to read such texts: https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/binnen-i-be-gone/

However, when talking about newspeak in general, I think that we already (for a very long time) are using "newspeakified" languages. Compare the modern western languages to old languages like Latin, Sanskrit or Hebrew and you'll see what I mean.

Calz

11th March 2016, 23:31

Heyoka_11

12th March 2016, 00:47

rezboom

12th March 2016, 01:00

Thank you so very much rezboom :)

Hey ... we need to pull together to paint a picture eh?

If we can all pull together globally to understand what the globalists are up to ... then perhaps we have a chance yes???

Not much perhaps but now is the time.

You're very welcome, Calz.
I agree, pulling together globally would be a good idea. United we stand - divided we fall.

Repurposing an infamous quote, I'd say: "Give me the power over language and eventually I will not have to care about what people think, for they will only be able to think what I allow them to think."
This, of course, is the very idea behind newspeak.

As for the re-gendering of language, I'm pretty confident it has to do with the intentional perversion (I use this word here in the older, non sexualised meaning) of the sexes. Females should become males and vice versa, implying that anybody can do anything, regardless of sex/gender. Superficially this sounds very good of course, because everbody should be equal, right?
As males have their strengths and weaknesses, so do females. Problem is, a male will never be the better woman, and a female will never be the better man. It's like trying to make the anode the better cathode and vice versa. It doesn't make sense and weakens all involved parties.

Calz

12th March 2016, 01:19

Curious. Any members from other countries know of efforts to eliminate gender related terms in your language ... boy/girl mother/father and so on???

Hey Calz,

I have always imagined this as being a global phenomena, but perhaps I am wrong.

Here in Australia, husband, wife, boyfriend and girlfriend as are good as terms of the past: have been for many years, especially amongst the younger generation. In their place...

PARTNER

That word is so sterile and smacks of a lack of commitment in a relationship, which is pretty much the case. One's partner is, in a fashion, relegated to the status of a convenience item, and again, that's pretty much the case.

Tony.

Hey Tony :)

You and I had our fun frolicking back in the day.

For better or worse???

I meant no harm to anyone and I don't think you did either.

People so easily cry harm these days.

I will post another funny ... although this is really a serious topic.

If we dont' laugh sometimes then we have lost the "battle".

What is interesting this is from many years ago ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77M2e3APoXk#t=17

Caliban

12th March 2016, 01:22

Thanks for that Video, Calz. Truthstream Media does some great stuff, very clever, intelligent, good with the video tools, editing, etc. They're a husband and wife team. Oops, did I say husband? Wife? Damn, sorry all... They're Partners, mere comrades who make videos together exposing the lies, hypocrisies and deceptions of modern society. They also sleep together and cook together and parent together (can you say Parent anymore?) and pay bills together.

One good thing is that Melissa Click from Michigan, the "teacher" who tried to block the student media from filming a protest, has been fired. This is coming from the Universities here, where safe spaces and trigger warnings have become de rigueur. What all that is doing to this generation coming up is gelding them, both boys and girls if I might be permitted to put it as such. They are normalizing the narcissism of Petty Offenses and Vanillaizing the encounter with literature, with politics and with life itself. This would be hysterically funny were it not so potentially damaging to intellectual expression and exchange.

WTF happened to this country's intellectual life? We used to blame dumbing down on the Right, now they're blaming it on the Left, since so many professors claim to be leftists. But it's beyond that. We used to have right wingers like William Buckley, Jr., lefties like Gore Vidal, wild men like Norman Mailer -- they would duke it out (mostly verbally) in public, on Dick Cavett's show often. Not only were they not afraid to offend, they sought to provoke, to shake, if necessary to Rattle!! There are many comedians now who are turning down gigs on college campuses because they're sick and tired of hearing these phony, childish, EMPTY criticisms-- not of the quality of their material but of certain words or ideas that irked and offended them.

I love my girlfriend. I'm her boyfriend. Those two words are beautiful. Anyone of any age can and should joyfully say them. Boys. Girls. Mom. Dad. By slicing away at these words that define us gender wise or as family role, in an effort to "equalize" everyone and set no one apart or above others---they are also wounding the ultimate reality of our oneness and indivisibility. Because they are lessening our expression through language and reducing our capacity to think and feel and react in fresh, unstultified ways.

Calz

12th March 2016, 01:31

rezboom

12th March 2016, 01:36

Ernie Nemeth

12th March 2016, 01:38

I quit using gender biased pronouns years ago but that was my choice - it wasn't and still isn't easy. The only direct way is to use the plural form. So She and He are replaced by They. Her and his with Their. This doesn't work when referring to God. Can't call God They or God's love as Their love...

Your vocabulary does control your thinking because the more words the more specific the inquiry. That's why scientists can't be understood sometimes when they get going. Their vocabulary outstrips our ability to comprehend their (not her or his) meaning.

Censoring of words and phrases censors thought. I'm thinking of a very powerful lobby that has exerted a great deal of influence over our thoughts that has become engrained in our mode of behavior as one immediate example. But I wouldn't want to get them barking up our tree. They have more important things going on, what with the mounting threat of all its neighbors.

Tolerance is very important in any society, especially a multi-cultural one like , well, like practically anywhere is now but more like Canada and the US have by reputation always been. Hate crime is unacceptable and Canada has fairly good laws in that area, don't know about the US - probably the same. Political correctness that is being forced on us now severs rational discussion by rational people because the topics cannot be broached let alone discussed.

Gender bias is also a problem. Is the solution to never talk about it because we cannot have a discussion about girls and boys?

Maybe the problem isn't the words, maybe it is the lack of responsibility and respect with which the words are used that causes trouble and offence. Maybe our kids should be taught manners and learn to see the perspective of others - by talking about those problems in a supportive and safe setting - with adult referees. That's what school is supposed to do, not make marketable assets out of us.

Or maybe our overlords are androgynous.

Calz

12th March 2016, 01:42

Thanks Ernie.

My deep respect for you has grown.

Great post :)

Heyoka_11

12th March 2016, 02:27

You and I had our fun frolicking back in the day.For better or worse??? I meant no harm to anyone and I don't think you did either.

We certainly did have a chuckle, and good on us...so politically incorrect at times, and no, we meant no harm.

People so easily cry harm these days.

Oftentimes that is because they feel so wretched within themselves, and someone else has to be to blame. I mean, it must be someone else, as personal responsibility is fast becoming a thing of the past.

If we don't' laugh sometimes then we have lost the "battle".

"Sometimes"...There is so much fodder for mirth around us, it is difficult to know when to stop! (Though we should).

Tony ;)

ZooLife

12th March 2016, 02:58

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njnFx06n1fU

I have not experienced anything remotely like the examples mentioned in this video. I swear if I did I would think I fell onto a parallel universe!

It does ring of a progressive move towards some bizarre one world hive mentality that is being orchestrated behind the scenes.

I am sure social media via smart phones and the like will accelerate this phenomenon.

http://www.thebioethicsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/fountain.jpg

http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/532c7dfa6bb3f7ca165b5576-480-/roboteye.png

Calz

12th March 2016, 03:20

ZooLife

12th March 2016, 03:50

I have not experienced anything remotely like the examples mentioned in this video. I swear if I did I would think I fell onto a parallel universe!

I have not personally either.

But I see what is happening around me.

Don't you???

Oh definitely, though it has been, for me, mostly through a flood of news reports both local and national.! I've been fortunate not to witness the insanity first hand though it's only a matter of time until I do.

It's an insidious march to sci-fi oblivion though it is not fiction we are reading but everyday life.

It's as if separate categories of life are moving towards separate singularities and then all those separate singularities will merge into one great singularities. The last part happening the quickest and then who knows....another Big Bang?

(just free thinking here)

Ernie Nemeth

12th March 2016, 04:25

Analogy: The Fascist State. Gather up the sticks, lash them together, and they become a beam. Their collective strength is focused and controlled by the builder.

LindyLou22

12th March 2016, 05:01

genevieve

12th March 2016, 07:05

Wizard Of Ozark

12th March 2016, 07:21

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Calz

12th March 2016, 15:19

Calz, are those your words saying that liberals are globalists? If so, let me say I take great exception to that kind of garbage. I'm a liberal, and here in my state it's the right-wingers who are destroying public education from kindergarten to college. We have years and years of documentation that this is true.

The globalists are pushing a liberal agenda ... in my humble opinion.

I personally have never identified with having a left/right mandate.

Black and white label to divide.

The things happening with language, political correctness and the migrant situation where the western governments the world over are trying to magically merge all societies into one world everything speaks for itself.

The clear intent is to destroy what sort of culture we as nations have left ... our national identity if you will.

Calz

12th March 2016, 15:28

Just yesterday I said: "I don't know WHAT the *#)@!! I am these days. I used to consider myself a liberal, but it seems to have been twisted!"

Here's an excellent article by Miles Mathis in which he describes the truly nefarious intent of the PTB messing with language. Scroll down the page to 7/1/13 The Real Matrix: http://mileswmathis.com/updates.html

Peace Love Joy & Harmony,
genevieve

Thank you for sharing that genevieve :)

Good read. Excellent in fact!

Here is a snippet:

Since Ralph Nader ran for President in 1996 on a platform built on the indistinguishability of the
Republican and Democratic parties, it has been widely recognized that the political spectrum has
narrowed drastically over the past century. There has been an ever-increasing commentary on it
coming from both sides, liberal and conservative. Even the mainstream media is allowed to mention it
occasionally, though they are generally trying to deflect you away from the fact. But in this paper, I
would like to suggest that the game is even deeper. It isn't just that your choices have been narrowed—
or that they have been non-existent for many decades. It is that the entire political game has been
refashioned specifically to confuse you. In other words, politics has become just one more part of the
greater media, and the fundamental use of media is and long has been to de-educate you and uneducate
you, so that you can no longer make a sensible judgment about anything. It is not just your vote they
wish to take from you, it is your mind itself.

Consider, for instance, the word “liberal”, which I have just used above. The meaning of the word has
flipped since the 1960's, and this flipping has been no accident or natural outcome of change. In 1968,
a liberal was anti-war and distrustful of the government. If you thought the government was generally
benign, that it was waging wars for good reasons, and that its corporate ties were healthy, you weren't a
liberal, you were a conservative. That's what conservative implies: conserving the status quo. The
government in 1968 was pretty much what it is now, minus a few degrees of evil, so that was the status
quo. That was the way things were. If you were happy with that, you were a conservative, because
you wished to conserve the current state of things. You were probably profiting from it very well. If
not—if you wanted things to change drastically—you were a liberal. You wanted us to get out of
Vietnam, quit fighting illegal and immoral wars, and start treating people all over the world better—
including our own people.

much more:

http://mileswmathis.com/matrix.pdf

Arcturian108

12th March 2016, 18:29

In the past 10 years or so I have noticed that Hollywood film titles are trashing the English language (probably intentionally, as mentioned in this thread). This was especially noticeable in the film "Avatar", which has irrevocably changed the meaning of that word for many people. Now, who would ever associate the word 'avatar' with someone like Jesus Christ? Also, the film "Seraphim Falls", about a Civil War murder, has warped a whole class of angels into being associated with murder and mayhem.

ZooLife

12th March 2016, 23:53

Now, who would ever associate the word 'avatar' with someone like Jesus Christ?

Actually I do.

Maybe in the movie it misrepresents the entirety of the words in question (IDK), but for me, there is definitely an association between the word 'avatar' with someone like Jesus Christ.

But words are tricky and in another way, that is indescribable, I do not associate them. However, that is beyond the words themselves.

Michelle Marie

13th March 2016, 00:40

Public "education" should not be mandatory; it should be banned.

I quit teaching in the U.S. Public education system because of the many crimes against humanity I witnessed. It's getting worse, very fast.

FREE our youth from such exposure.

Being solution-focused, I'm creating empowering curriculum. I need an agent now.

Here's an example: "DreamWriting in the Spirit of Gratitude" is about pointing the student to their own genius by giving experiences, not just second-hand concepts or opinions/propaganda presented as facts.

Let's turn toward solutions. The old ed systems are obsolete and destructive.

Let's replace them NOW!

Blessings of Freedom,
Michelle Marie

Calz

13th March 2016, 08:41

ponda

13th March 2016, 09:39

Here's a link to a Modern Newspeak Dictionary website that some people might find interesting

http://www.newspeakdictionary.com/ns-home2.html

Calz

13th March 2016, 09:50

Here's a link to a Modern Newspeak Dictionary website that some people might find interesting

http://www.newspeakdictionary.com/ns-home2.html

Thank you ponda :)

Oh my ... I am so old school.

Seems I have a lot of catching up to do :rofl:

(this just one category ... there are more)

________________

Modern Newspeak Dictionary

13th Edition

A guide to politically correct speech

•Politically Incorrect - Un-words

•Misleading Words
- Euphemistic language.

•New Words
- New additions to the English Language.

•Doublespeak
- Words that are the same, but somehow different.

•Altered Words
- Words which have been re-defined.

•True Definitions
- Realistic definitions for words that are commonly misused.

•Political Terms
- Words which are used to describe government itself, and which are almost always misused.

•Newspeak of 911
- Written 2 days after 911, I think this makes me the first person in the country to question the president.

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Politically Incorrect Dictionary.

The words listed here are words that are no longer usable, or whose meanings have been altered to make them difficult to use. These were all words which could be freely used at some point in US history, but which modern culture is attempting to stamp out.

Broken Home - Replaced by Dysfunctional family.

Bum - Replaced by Homeless Person.Calling a person a "Bum" implies that the person is a moocher that is too lazy to get a job. Referring to him as a "Homeless Person" removes this stigma, and implies that he would be a perfectly normal citizen if only the government would give him a house. (See :State-Socialism)

Crazy - Replaced by the term Mental Illness. And, since it is an illness, it may be treated in the same manner as other diseases - with drugs. Of course, this idea is nothing new ... people have been using drugs to treat depression for centuries.

Criminal - Replaced by behaviorally challenged. This is one change that makes sense. A lot of the people in prisons today are not really "criminals" in the classic sense. Thanks to the "War on Drugs", there are a lot of people in jail because they failed to "behave" properly.

Eastern (As when used when discussing Asian Culture) - Too Eurocentric. Instead, use Africa as your frame of reference. When discussing European culture you should now use the phase "Northern", and when discussing Asia use the phrase "North-Eastern". Now isn't that better?

Factory - Replaced by Plant. The word Factory is a place where mistreated laborers toil long hours to produce pollution that billows forth from gigantic smokestacks. The word Plant is preferred since it is more difficult for this term to carry a negative connotation since this term is also used to describe nature. Its counterpart noun describes plant life (Plants, as in flowers, shrubs, etc). And the Verb form, to plant, is the process of lovingly placing a seed in the ground so it may one day grow into a mighty oak. Who can complain about having a new plant in their backyard?

Failure - Replaced by Deferred Success.

Fairy - Homophobic. Replaced by Petite airborne humanoid which possesses magical powers. The term fairy should be avoided when discussing these mythical beings, regardless of how gay they may appear.

Fat - Replaced by Enlarged physical condition caused by a completely natural genetically-induced hormone imbalance. Of course, this is very difficult to say in one breath-- so people will find it easier to not say it at all. The term "fat" is simply too short and to direct. It all too clearly points out that the reason that an obese person's skin appears so swollen is because it is being buttressed by large amounts of... well... Fat.

Foreign Food - Replaced by Ethnic Cuisine. The word foreign is generally used when one wishes to refer to something that alien to ones own country -- something that is not normally found within the jurisdiction of your own particular political unit. But with the increasing power of multinational organizations (such as the U.N. and large corporations), nothing can be said to be truly 'foreign' anymore. In a world where you can find a McDonald's in Moscow, a Disneyland in Japan, or a single currency throughout Europe, the word 'Foreign' is losing its meaning.
The word 'ethnic' provides a more accurate way to refer to these cultural traits which are continually growing fainter as we move away from the world of the past, in which different areas of the world were actually unique.

Founding Fathers - Too Sexist. Instead, use the term The Founders. We wouldn't want to exclude all those great female leaders of 18th century America would we?

Garbage Man - Replaced by Sanitation Engineer – A Garbage Man picks up garbage. A Sanitation Engineer engineers it.

Ghetto - Replaced by Economically disadvantaged area. This term is used by politicians who believe money from the Government would solve their problems. (See : State-Socialism)

Girlfriend/Wife - Replaced by Unpaid sex worker

Handicapped - Replaced by Physically Challenged, or even worse, handicapable

Home-ec (Home Economics) - Replaced by Family and Consumer Sciences, and I'm really not sure why. These classes have been taught in school since the early 1900's after Ellen Swallow Richards, an old-time feminist and the first woman to graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, formed the American Home Economics Association in 1909. But I suppose that the reason for the change has something to do with the fact that Home-Ec is generally considered a 'girly' class, and is therefore sexist.

Housewife - Replaced by Domestic Engineer. This is to remove the necessity of marriage from the task of raising children.

Illegal Aliens – Replaced by Undocumented Immigrants. The phrase ‘Illegal Aliens’ implies that these people are a bunch of law-breaking creatures from outer space, while ‘Undocumented Immigrants’ suggests that they are good old-fashioned immigrants that simply have not gone through the hassle of being ‘documented’ yet.

Janitor - Replaced by Custodial Artist. No matter what you call it, this is a person who is paid to clean up ****.

Jungle - Replaced by Rainforest. A Rainforest is a happy place where Disney characters dance and sing ... a jungle is a scary place with lions, tigers, malaria and natives that want to cut off your head and boil it for dinner... who in their right mind would want to save that!?!

Lumberjack - Replaced by Murderer.

Man’s Job and Woman’s Work - Replaced by Traditional Gender Role. These are basic practices that are followed in one form or another by most of the life forms on this planet, and have been part of human culture for thousands of years… and as with most other ‘traditions’, a lot of people believe that it is time for a change.

Midget - Replaced by Vertically Challenged.

Natural Disaster - replaced by Unnatural Event caused by man's destruction of the environment. Every hurricane, mudslide, and flood sould be blamed on Global Warming, even though these events have been occurring for millions of years. (I'm still waiting for somebody to blame the last Ice Age on the campfires of cavemen)

****** - Originally, A negro Slave. Has evolved to mean "A Trashy or devious Negro", but the word has still lost acceptance. (see : White Trash)

Psycho - Replaced by Pathologically High-Spirited

Secretary - Replaced by Administrative Assistant – The word Secretary comes from Latin and means ‘Confidential Officer’ – And for some unknown reason this is a bad thing.

Sex Change - Replaced by gender re-assignment.

Swamp - Replaced by Wetland. Swamps are full alligators, bugs, and disease. If anybody went around saying that we need to "save the swamps", people would think they were out of their friggin' mind!

Trailer Park - Replace by Mobile Home Community.

Ugly - Replaced by Visually Challenging.

White Trash - Losers of European descent. Term still in acceptance, although its counterpart term to describe trash of the negro race is being eliminated.

http://www.newspeakdictionary.com/ns-pi.html

RunningDeer

13th March 2016, 13:57

We're socially engineering generations of mentally neutered, entitled, self-centered adult children who can only get angry at inconsequential bull**** instead
:cow:
Dear Calz, http://avalonlibrary.net/paula/Recovered/cow_zpsdjmouaos.GIF

Please be mindful. In fairness to all the cows, cattle, buffalo, kudus, etc, perhaps bovine**** rather than bull****?

RunningDeer http://avalonlibrary.net/paula/Recovered/smileys-smiley-with-sign-434109_zpscauq51t6.GIF

http://avalonlibrary.net/paula/Cartoons_Silly/bull_zpsxujzna2b.GIF
http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii610/WhiteCrowBlackDeer/bull-crap_zpspzncamhg.jpg

Calz

13th March 2016, 14:09

Noted Paula :)

Those were the words of the OP link ... not mine ...

Having said that ... I am fine with that else I would not have posted it :)

[or you just cowin' around with me???]

Calz

13th March 2016, 14:23

Perhaps we need to start a PC dictionary for Bovine afflicted???

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dTtZOFeMqKs/T_F8G917pdI/AAAAAAAADxA/bPSzI6gl3AU/s400/Funny-Cows-06.jpg

RunningDeer

13th March 2016, 14:32

Noted Paula :)

Those were the words of the OP link ... not mine ...

Having said that ... I am fine with that else I would not have posted it :)

[or you just cowin' around with me???]

Yes, I was aware it was Melissa's point. I'm cowin around wit-cha, Calz. http://avalonlibrary.net/paula/Recovered/drum_zpsrbo9hk3l.GIF

Ba-Dump-Dum ...Ba dum tssshhh
bcYppAs6ZdI

Calz

13th March 2016, 14:41

I'm cowin around wit-cha, Calz.

Oh good ... I was scramblin' around trying to figure out how to create a "SAFE SPACE" ...

Gettin' too old for this ...

RunningDeer

13th March 2016, 15:07

I'm cowin around wit-cha, Calz.

Oh good ... I was scramblin' around trying to figure out how to create a "SAFE SPACE" ...

Gettin' too old for this ...

Safe space… http://avalonlibrary.net/paula/Recovered/smileys-coffee-008659_zpsjygzzeoe.GIF

I was looking for a picture with a mouth stapled shut.
But I remembered the thought police.

I went in search for one without a brain.
I found one but it’s wasn’t gender-neutral.http://avalonlibrary.net/paula/Recovered/bolt_zps5u6rgdue.GIF

So I decided to switch up to these safe spaces.

http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii610/WhiteCrowBlackDeer/safe-space_zpskwiw1m9w.jpg

Enjoy your day. {insert squishy hug}

:offtopic:

Calz

13th March 2016, 15:15

squishy hugs are needed and appreciated the world over.

Thank you as always Paula :)

You add so much to this forum!

Bluegreen

13th March 2016, 15:18

Here is one perspective -

This is nothing new and something we have been dealing with daily for a very long time ...

AND the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shi-nar; and they dwelt there.
And they said to one another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime they had for morter.
And they said, Go to, let us build a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do; and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
- Genesis 11:1-7

This is just one of the elite's many gimmicks that continue to work like a charm. It is a small but crucial part of our current dilemma that we must be ever mindful of. We will invariably reach a point where "speech" becomes unnecessary and we won't have to deal with secrecy and lies, which is of course the illuminati and their off-world masters' stock in trade. In the meantime keep the faith and spread the love ...

Billy

13th March 2016, 17:36

I met Pierre Sabak some years ago, the author of the book, "The murder of reality" where he talks about the manipulation of language over the last few thousand years. He brings in the symbolic meanings and the roots of certain words we use everyday.for example the word "government" I found a short video interview from 2011. Worth a listen.

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Bill Ryan

19th March 2016, 17:57

.
Okay, here's GEORGE CARLIN on political correctness. :)

Political Correctness is fascism pretending to be Manners

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkhUivqzWv0
Reading from his book, “When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops,” Carlin touches back on a topic covered in his previous work, “Brain Droppings,” and warns political correctness poses a massive threat to free speech.

“Political correctness is America’s newest form of intolerance, and it is especially pernicious because it comes disguised as tolerance. It presents itself as fairness, yet attempts to restrict and control people’s language with strict codes and rigid rules. I’m not sure that’s the way to fight discrimination. I’m not sure silencing people or forcing them to alter their speech is the best method for solving problems that go much deeper than speech.”

Mike

19th March 2016, 18:53

Anything with an "ist" or "ism" suffix is distinctly Orwellian in my book. It conveniently tags and labels you and puts you in a box. Makes you predictable. Removes all nuance and shades of grey.

Unpredicatability and nuance are the greatest fears of the establishment.

I'd add "democrat" and "republican" to the list as well. In America, they imply you must be one or the other. Theres an implication that there is no other way to view things except thru the lens of these 2 philosophies. Growing up in that environment, it becomes a vast intellectual limitation.

Words really are powerful. Try sorting out your thoughts without them. Dumbed down vocabulary always equals dumbed down thought.

P.s. my mother recently told me theyre doing away with cursive now as well. What a shame..

Violet

19th March 2016, 23:17

Just came back from a video showing Trump using the word 'political correctness' (again)...:silent:

Language changes, all the time. Latin for instance didn't just die/destruct; it evolved with a wide stretch. We (or others) adapt it to our needs (or whatever someone thinks the needs are). Even if language is forced upon us, a human is always a human, ever creative in getting his or her message across. This is our nature. We are master communicators and we have many forms of language.

And just so you can't say I didn't warn you, :) there are some feisty kids coming up in the new generation. Certainly enough to be worried :) (in a good way) Don't be fooled by what media projects as the future couch potato kid with chips for brains.

These children are here now. They're energetic, eloquent (if you listen), and have less fear of boundaries than previous, conservative, generations (which, if not enough patience applied, is sometimes mistakingly taken for rudeness). I think Ulli might even be able to link this to the Uranus generation wave thing.

So they're waiting to be believed in, and supported, so they develop themselves better and, for themselves and others a better future...We need more people who will unconditionally believe in them. And they are having a very hard time growing up in a world with seemingly little perspective (unemployment, war, wobbling economies).

Trust. When we leave, they replace. So, what are we creating? And we are a part of that, children are mirrors, and not only for their parents.

Ernie Nemeth

20th March 2016, 20:45

It is always up to the children, that is why the schools are run by institution (non-plural on purpose). Schooling itself is an institution, not to be confused with a place of learning. School's main purpose is to perpetuate the idea of schooling, the obvious and natural need for it. Ever see any animal being schooled? Classes are short, pertinent and interspersed with a whole lot of play. Home work is not required: what is needed to be learned is learned quickly, easily and retained for the duration.

Carlin knew the score, no doubt about that...

Calzy:
Criminal - Replaced by behaviorally challenged. This is one change that makes sense. A lot of the people in prisons today are not really "criminals" in the classic sense. Thanks to the "War on Drugs", there are a lot of people in jail because they failed to "behave" properly.

I like that much better too. Criminal just does not describe me. But I am very much challenged to behave the way society demands I do.

Constance

21st March 2016, 04:16

Maybe a new universal language Calz that makes it very clear to all, exactly what one is communicating and the intent behind it?

Much love to you :heart:

Ewan

29th March 2016, 10:01

So where did the term 'political correctness' first surface, who used it and in what context? Well frankly, your guess is as good as mine.

http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Political_correctness

The cliché term political correctness or "PC" is a snarl word usually referring to upholding a social taboo against language and attitudes that might be considered bigoted.[1] This loaded term has become a boogey-man for the right-wing, who use it to tar anything that runs contrary to their own policies, such as letting women out of the kitchen or gays out of the closet.

Ruth Perry wrote in an essay entitled A Short History of the Term "Politically Correct"[2] that the term was first coined by Mao Zedong,[3] but was later hijacked by conservative eclectics who proceeded to overuse it in exactly the manner above described, hence taking all the juice out of it.[4] (Defending oneself with it might be the most popular handwave to dismiss social criticism.) More recently, advocates of political correctness have therefore substituted the term "civilized speech" for "politically correct" in order to boost its image in light of the PC backlash.

In full irony, conservatives have also adopted political correctness widely; trying to justify censorship on the grounds that something is anti-American or anti-Christian, such as Conservapedia's insistence on BC/AD to the total exclusion of BCE/CE.

In fact, it's probably helpful to remember that in common parlance anything a conservative would consider to be polite speech isn't PC, whereas anything a liberal would consider to be polite speech is. This is why banning the "f-word" from broadcast is neutral and not PC at all, whereas banning a racial epithet from broadcast is.[5]

As above, passive-aggressive people who defend racism or reactionary views and but don't want to be labeled that way attack dissenters as "politically correct."[6]

http://blogcritics.org/origins-of-the-term-politically-incorrect/

The term “politically correct” is bandied about so much as to have become meaningless. But what really does it mean? Here’s a history of the term (as best I know it).

“PC” has gone through four stages of meaning. “Politically correct” was initially coined by Leon Trotsky to refer favorably to those whose views remained in sync with the ever-shifting Bolshevik Party line. This was important, as “not PC” people risked prison or death.

“Politically correct” was revived (and again, used favorably) by 1960s New Left radicals who fancied themselves revolutionaries in the mold of Che, Castro, and Mao.

“Politically correct” was first used negatively by 1980s conservatives, following the publication of Allan Bloom’s Closing of the American Mind. Conservatives embraced the term “politically incorrect” as a badge of honor to contrast their championing of free speech against campus leftists who used speech codes to suppress debate on sensitive topics. This was also when the term first became widely known by its acronym, “PC.”

http://knowledgenuts.com/2015/05/28/the-unlikely-origins-of-the-phrase-politically-correct/

Tune in to Fox News or flick through the Daily Mail and you’ll be assaulted with variations on the term “politically correct.” Although it has no widely agreed meaning, the context usually makes pretty clear it’s talking about liberals, often in a derogatory way (and not always completely unjustified). But this right-wing insult has its origins in the unlikeliest of places: the internal politics of the Russian Communist Party.

According to the International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, Kremlin advisers were the first to widely use the term. They did so without a trace of irony. Calling someone “politically correct” in Soviet Russia meant they toed the party line. A PC Kremlin insider was one who could reflect what Moscow was thinking—exactly the sort of person who would go far.

(The next one is particularly entertaining as it is from Accuracy in Academia and contains a spelling mistake in a heading note.)

http://www.academia.org/the-origins-of-political-correctness/

Variations of this speech have been delivered to various AIA conferences including the 2000 Consevative University at American University

Where does all this stuff that you’ve heard about this morning – the victim feminism, the gay rights movement, the invented statistics, the rewritten history, the lies, the demands, all the rest of it – where does it come from? For the first time in our history, Americans have to be fearful of what they say, of what they write, and of what they think. They have to be afraid of using the wrong word, a word denounced as offensive or insensitive, or racist, sexist, or homophobic.

We have seen other countries, particularly in this century, where this has been the case. And we have always regarded them with a mixture of pity, and to be truthful, some amusement, because it has struck us as so strange that people would allow a situation to develop where they would be afraid of what words they used. But we now have this situation in this country. We have it primarily on college campuses, but it is spreading throughout the whole society. Were does it come from? What is it?

We call it “Political Correctness.” The name originated as something of a joke, literally in a comic strip, and we tend still to think of it as only half-serious. In fact, it’s deadly serious. It is the great disease of our century, the disease that has left tens of millions of people dead in Europe, in Russia, in China, indeed around the world. It is the disease of ideology. PC is not funny. PC is deadly serious.

So, there we have it, now we all know where the term originated. (Sort of, vaguely, well perhaps).

Now do you know where you sit on the political spectrum. Perhaps you have a good idea and are quite comfortable wearing a label that would describe you as Leftist, Liberal or whatever. I don't, I've always been apolitical not understanding left or right or anywhere imbetween. I just didn't have any interest so never learnt I guess. Without going to look it up I literally cannot tell you which side of the fence the terms Democrat and Republican lie. I do know in the UK that traditionally Conservatives were leaning right and Labour leaning left. Though Tony Blair came along and leant so far left he fell into the right so that perhaps needs redefining.

Anyway, in an effort to determine just what I am, :noidea: , I found The Political Compass.

https://www.politicalcompass.org/test

Some of the questions were very difficult to answer, conversely some were incredible simple. But for the harder ones a 'don't know' option would have been handy. Nevertheless it transpires I am but a square or two on the grid away from Ghandi.
Henceforth you may refer to me as mahatma Ewan. :ROFL:

https://www.politicalcompass.org/images/axeswithnames.gif

Me.
https://www.politicalcompass.org/chart?ec=-4.88&soc=-5.49

I suspect the majority of Avalon would find themselves in the lower left quadrant?

gord

29th March 2016, 13:12

This whole thread makes me want to browse Ambrose Bierce's Devil's Dictionary. Or a law dictionary.

added this: the word "paranoia" these days is typically used to mean "how dare anybody notice our crap." It's just another weapon. Very much Soviet Union tactics.

Ewan

29th March 2016, 17:43

Well I stupidly forgot to make point regarding the political spectrum above. Does the position on the graph correlate to your acceptance of these machinations. I mean, if you are top right like Thatcher do you positively revel in the opportuinty to tell someone they're politically incorrect and shut them up. Genuine question btw, as I said before I consider myself apolitical.

Peace of Mind

29th March 2016, 18:21

Copy and pasted from one of my earlier threads.

Could language, the English language be part of the plan for confusing the masses?
for example…We drive on the parkway and park in a drive way? lol

The more I think about the story “Tower of Babel” I can’t help but to think how much we are being duped every day. Not only does language separate the masses but it also promotes false outlooks on intellect and present disempowerment. Now, I’m no English Major but I like to think I choose my words carefully. For those that have read some of my past post may gain some understanding to why I write a certain way.

At times I feel the language itself was set up to express things in terms of lack-

EX: “How are you?” You see, this short question already implies that you might not be well. We have been tricked into using words that are disempowering. To use the Hopi Indian’s language is to understand that everything is one and inside of you, no need for looking outside of it and the language speaks of no lack…many indigenous languages have no past tense.

When speaking, you influence the field around you. Everything is vibration and words do have an impact on your life…probably way more then we know. Perhaps certain words unlock and/or lock certain abilities. In some cultures verbal sounds are more important than the actual word. This could be a clear indication of why certain ethnic groups respond in various ways to certain words/sounds/ pitches.

Sense one of my past times is producing music, I can always see how music affects people through vibration… so why not words? Sticks and stones may break bones...but words can actually kill...giving the power to do so.

Lawyers are a prime example of how the language is manipulated. They literally take your words and twist them into something else, they make fortunes doing this.
Why is there a need for having different words with the same meaning? Or having different words that sound the same but spelled differently? (do, due, to, too, two, center, centre, etc…) It not only seems like lazy, but could this be purposely created to cause mis-understanding among the masses?

I’m thinking the Alphabet was carefully crafted to use certain sounds with certain thoughts….It’s the only real understanding I have for so many of the letters to have the same sound/pitch (B,C,D,E,G,P,T,V,Z). 26 letters doesn’t make up the many sounds we can create. Maybe one day we will have a new and more meaningful, less cryptic universal language.

Animals use grunts, moans, howls, squeaks, humming and hissing to get messages across. An Elephants voice can travel through the ground and air for large distances...just like a Lion. Many of these animals communicate with the same voice. For instance, most cats sound alike and if you place 10 of them in a room you’ll probably have a hard time figuring out which one is which if you had to rely on your ears to do so.

I believe the sounds we make with our mouths are way more important than the actual word, however, there are clear signs that the words we use are also geared towards having a sense of lack in one’s life. Every day we use phrases and words that corrupt our desired manifestations. We have been disempowering ourselves in so many ways, ways that are often over looked and have brought false intellect into our lives. Below are some examples…

"I woke up on the wrong side of the bed,
go break a leg,
I’ll never get anything done,
I’m feeling tired today,
that’s driving me crazy,
what an awful day it is outside today,
I wish I knew,
I don’t have the time,
the world is such a mess,
the fighting in the Mid-East will never stop,
you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t,
better to do nothing,
I can’t do it,
I don’t know how,
It’s too difficult,

Imagine Aliens/beings from other worlds listening to us speak.
They should be having a hard time understanding us when we use phrases like: raining cats and dogs, bite the bullet, paint the town red, kick the bucket, through the grape vine, etc…

And then we have…"falling" in love? We often get hurt when we fall. Doesn't ascending in love sound more like love feels? Much of the disempowering comes from small talk. EX: “I don’t know but I will try” . When you are trying to do something, you are not doing it. You build in failure by using the word “try”.

More phrases…..

that’s the way it’s always been
that’s the way we’ve always done it
don’t make waves
don’t rock the boat
we like the old-fashioned ways
I don’t need to know anymore than I already know
If it was good enough for ________________, then it’s good enough for me
I’m not paid to make those kinds of decisions
It’s not my job
It was like that yesterday
nobody cares
let somebody else worry about it
it’s good enough for now
why change now?
this is the only way
money doesn’t grow on trees
life is hard
you can’t have everything you want
I can only do one thing at a time
it’s just not possible
I’m set in my ways
you can’t teach an old dog new tricks
I’m too old to learn something new
it’s impossible
that’s not part of my job description
let me check on it
I’ll have to get back to you
I’m not qualified to handle that
it’s out of my hands
nobody told me
why should I be the first?
your expectations are too high
I’ll do it tomorrow
they’re just lucky
they think they are so smart
they think they are better than everyone else
I don’t see the upside
I’m not a guinea pig
life is a rat race
why want more?
nobody showed me how to do it
I don’t know how to do it
we can’t afford it
do you think I’m made out of money?
someday, I’ll ___________________
one day, I’ll ____________________
it’s a waste of time
why should I do it?
what’s in it for me?
tell somebody who cares
it’s not my fault
I’m a loser
I can’t do that
it’s not my style
why change now?
it’s a waste of time
I should have known better
life’s a bitch
you can’t change the world
I’m nobody
nobody listens tome
does it really matter?
you can’t do that
what will everybody think?
don’t stir things up
leave it alone
I’m only one person
what do you expect me to do?
I can’t go along with that
don’t go out on a limb
don’t stick out in a crowd
I don’t believe in compromise
it’s not my problem
if you ignore it, it’ll go away
don’t expect me to do it
don’t count on me
it’s out of my hands
it’s beyond my control
I can’t do it all
I don’t have it in me
don’t put me in that position
don’t look up to me
why can’t you do it?
I would but _____________________
I don’t want to
whatever ……………………
today is not good for me
what is the point
why me?
you want me to do what?
what’s in it for me?
what’s the rush
God damn it
ask me if I care
don’t be stupid
it’s out of the question
there are no exceptions
that’s not my style
I’m not able to _____________________
I don’t have the skills
I’m not technically minded
I’m not smart enough
it’s not worth my time
I can’t talk in front of people
I can’t ____________________________
it’s too risky
what if I fail?
what will everyone think of me?
I’m afraid
it’s over my head
" i've been better"
" it could be worst"..
"Hell yes!!"
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Perhaps, this will help shed some awareness on our situation and put some extra power into our intentions. In the least...aid in explaining my position and approach to matters. Maybe the reason we forgot how to communicate through telepathy was a sinister plan to keep the masses divided. The "mouth" clearly shows a design for food consumption, at some point we were probably manipulated and taught to also use the mouth to do all forms of communication...with so many words, with so many languages...yet we still lack in understanding.

Peace

gord

29th March 2016, 19:38

I did the political compass thing around late spring 1980 and landed in the lower left quadrant and that hasn't changed.

ceetee9

29th March 2016, 20:25

I reely donut c thee impotense of taukin bout desrupshun on langage & policetacly coreceness. It hertz me feel ins 2 c peeps be ins so nazitz 2 eatch utterz & fitein ovR sutch tryvial & minelest thangz. Kant we's all jus git a long 1 & discust thee reely impotent thangz!?? U no, lik wat bibers gona du nex & wat teamz gona won thee fineale 4!??

Sorry Calz, I couldn't resist. I guess I'm just in a goofy mood today. :ROFL:

TargeT

29th March 2016, 20:52

WTF happened to this country's intellectual life? We used to blame dumbing down on the Right, now they're blaming it on the Left, since so many professors claim to be leftists.

Quite the question ... you nailed it.

The "system" has two legs: one left and one right. Because we're only looking at the feet, we don't see where the two legs are joined and that waaaaayyyy above it, there's a brain that tells the feet were to step next.

the left always assumed it was the intellectual branch when in reality it was just the informational gatekeepers (worse than what they blamed the "right" for) but this is a normal pattern, the hero turns out to be the unwitting villain... works great for divide and conquer.

I have not experienced anything remotely like the examples mentioned in this video. I swear if I did I would think I fell onto a parallel universe!

I have not personally either.

But I see what is happening around me.

Don't you???

I only have seen it in large cities or dense populations.... I think too many people makes for bad general psychological health.... SJW wouldn't exist (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTft6ud1edw) if it weren't for big cities.

conk

1st April 2016, 16:52

destruction of language? My head literally exploded reading this thread!

TargeT

1st April 2016, 18:30

Me.
https://www.politicalcompass.org/chart?ec=-4.88&soc=-5.49

I suspect the majority of Avalon would find themselves in the lower left quadrant?

I guessed I'd be lower right...

me:
https://www.politicalcompass.org/chart?ec=-1.0&soc=-6.15

Guess I've drifted far from my republican roots.. (though wtf was with all those racist questions in there? how does that have anything to do with political stand point?) I think the bias is strong with this quiz....

TargeT

1st April 2016, 19:52

PC, Taboo,.. sensitive audience, hurt feelings... all these completely ignore intent and leverage shame/fear to control a population...

Great discussion on the topic here & how out of control it is getting:

Honestly I feel sad to say this: warning adult language.....
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ozmirage

1st April 2016, 20:39

Gender correctness is a non-issue used to foment dissension.
As most Americans are ignorant of language, especially English (or Inglitch), they're misled to assume that terms like "Mail man" are "sexist" and somehow demeaning to women. However, unlike other languages that have strict gender construction, English male forms INCLUDE the female by rule, not exception.
Mankind includes men and women (womb-men).
A hero can be a man or woman, but a heroine is exclusively a woman.
An actor can be a man or woman, but an actress is exclusively a woman.

In other languages – including most Indo-European and Afro-Asiatic languages – third-person personal pronouns (at least those used to refer to people) intrinsically distinguish male from female. This feature commonly co-exists with a full system of grammatical gender, where all nouns are assigned to classes such as masculine, feminine and neuter. However in some languages, such as English, this general system of noun gender has been lost, but gender distinctions are preserved in the third-person pronouns (the singular pronouns only).

For some "real fun" in con-langs, check out ITHKUIL.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ithkuil
Some interesting info on Ithkuil and triconsonant semitic languages:
http://dedalvs.com/smileys/2008.html

ozmirage

1st April 2016, 22:33

I found The Political Compass.

https://www.politicalcompass.org/test
. . .
I suspect the majority of Avalon would find themselves in the lower left quadrant?
Ironically, such 'tests' are rigged to omit the republican form of government.

No question deals with endowed rights, powers, and liberties, or that government can only secure rights absent consent of the governed, or that American people are unconditionally sovereign.

(Sovereignty is the source of all law, hence it is anathema to anarchism. Absolute ownership of private property is anathema to collective ownership of leftists / communists. Servant status of the government voids any tyrannical tendencies. Private creation of mediums of exchange eliminate usurers (bankers) as well as the need for public charity / socialism.)

Sophocles

16th May 2016, 01:21

John Cleese: Political Correctness Can Lead to an Orwellian Nightmare

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shaberon

16th May 2016, 23:27

I went around saying for quite some time that I was politically correct and a globalist until I learned the "new definitions". Oops.

I tend to think that you should be offended, insulted, and have your feelings hurt pretty much every day. Learning how to handle that is simply called maturity. Sanitizing it prevents you from growing up.

English is not that great of a language. Can't recall if it was here, but somewhere I recently saw a theory that suggested Indo-European was spoken like poetry, and that the most mundane concepts were expressed with intellectual and spiritual values integrated into them. In this theory, language was not a series of primitive grunts that became more complex, but was an artistic celebration of life that's gotten dumber.

You can't have a peanut butter sandwich in school any more. Wonder if you're allowed to talk about them, or is that a threat?

ozmirage

17th May 2016, 01:15

English is not that great of a language.
It may not be "great" but it has the greatest number of words, as well as speakers.
- - -
http://www.languagemonitor.com/number-of-words/number-of-words-in-the-english-language-1008879/

http://www.lingholic.com/how-many-words-do-i-need-to-know-the-955-rule-in-language-learning-part-2/
- - -
Due to the inclusion of so many similar terms from different languages, English is rich in shades of meaning. (Ex: shirt, blouse, tunic, skirt, kirtle, surcoat, tabard and so on) Unfortunately, it is also irregular, with phonetic rules that are made to be broken, and frustrating to learn. Plus, it has so many idiosyncrasies and idioms, it is a rich source for humor.

There have been attempts to make engineered languages that are easy to learn and create new words without ambiguity. Some are deliberately arcane and complicated.

Check out ITHKUIL, an artificial language that is unambiguous.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ithkuil
Some interesting info on Ithkuil and triconsonant semitic languages:
http://dedalvs.com/smileys/2008.html

shaberon

17th May 2016, 05:15

Sure, English has its advantages along materialistic lines, as compared to Arabic, which uses the same word for helicopter as for airplane. Heck, they have the same word for terror squad as for database.

I had a teacher once who visited Malta, where they apparently have an inflectional language. He got smacked across the counter by a store clerk apparently for mis-inflecting the word for "bread", he had instead requested a pregnant woman. This was a music teacher, who you'd think might be able to handle such changes in sound.

Maybe in Maltese, pregnant woman is one word (or bread is two); whereas in German, you could have limitless words, as something like "railroad worker's widow's pension" can be considered a single word.

I don't think English was originally "crafted" at all to build its massive vocabulary. But it surely took a twist since then!