The Sapir-Whorf theory. The strong form claims that grammar matters, but Orwell's Newspeak Appendix to 1984 outlines the weak form that vocabulary matters: when Newspeak is finished, the Declaration of Independence can only be translated into one word: "crimespeak." https://t.co/yzW0UUBanh
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Trust George Orwell rather than social science academics to grasp key aspect of Sapir-Whorf ideas.
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