tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post113605963580452552..comments2024-03-26T05:18:53.709-04:00Comments on Pen and Sword: Neo-speakJeff Huberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14146644937683409726noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-1136128294041526902006-01-01T10:11:00.000-05:002006-01-01T10:11:00.000-05:00Best wishes for the New Year, Doug. I plan to kee...Best wishes for the New Year, Doug. <BR/><BR/>I plan to keep my 40 pound Websters from the early 90s forever!Jeff Huberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14146644937683409726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-1136096066171371042006-01-01T01:14:00.000-05:002006-01-01T01:14:00.000-05:00Do you know that Newspeak is the only language in ...<I>Do you know that Newspeak is the only language in the world whose vocabulary gets smaller every year?</I><BR/><BR/>Beautiful.<BR/><BR/>One of the best books I read this year, Jonathan Lethem's <I>Gun, with Occasional Music</I>, had a similar denouement. When the protag awakes after a few decades' punitive sleep, folks barely talk to one another -- and God forbid you ask anyone a question. <BR/><BR/>Happy New Year to you and your family, Jeff. All the best. Let's hope '06 goes down as the year the bastards had to pay.Douglas Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17554788570160506080noreply@blogger.com