3 responses to “Weekday Reading #23”

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   Jannie

   Sep 21, 2022 2:50 PM

   That is a great article by Anthony Daniels on the assault on language in the culture wars. It was incidentally summarised by Terry over on Currency Lad.

   A fundamental failing of the Left, right after irrationality, hypocrisy, and projection, is the unshakeable belief, born of indoctrination, that you can change the nature of something by merely “re-naming” it.

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   NoFixedAddress

   Sep 21, 2022 7:46 PM

   Thanks for these dover0beach.

   Much appreciated.

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   OldOzzie

   Sep 22, 2022 7:20 AM

   While at Quadrant, Anthony Daniels (aka Theodore Dalrymple) discusses the role that the assault on language plays in the culture wars.

   The Linguistic Termites Are Every­where

   Dover you should add the following to your list

   https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=upstart-crow-2016&episode=s01e03

   I was introduced to Upstart Crow by my Daughter and Grandkids last week in Melbourne and fell over laughing

   It reminded me of studying Shakespeare in High School – Why use one word when you can use 7

   – I’ve sent word to the theatre that the two tunnels which lie beneath the bridge be blocked.

   Pardon? The two tunnels which lie beneath the bridge be blocked.

   Two tunnels? Beneath a bridge? Anyone? Nose, my loves.

   Why didn’t you just say “nose”? It’s what I do!

   – I mean, all you really do is jumble up the words.

   Well, I I admit, I do do a fair bit of word-jumbling, and I’m not apologising for that, but also, I create language, inventing phrases that I’m sure one day will be in common usage.

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