1984

I do think in a way that what Syme was talking about is and isn’t true. I think we are half way there. If you think about it briefly we have a huge vocabulary. The English language has many words, many of them most of us don’t know, haven’t heard of, or don’t know what they mean. There are tons of synonyms for different words, and a million ways to describe one word. However what Syme was expressing is becoming true. In the language Syme wants to make there are very few words. He’s not making a new language just making it shorter. Our language is basically the same. Even though we have so many words, we don’t use them, so its like they aren’t there. I mean if you don’t use them, then why are they important? Its like they don’t exist. The best example I can think of, would be a person, even though you are around, if you don’t have a birth certificate its like you don’t exist so even if you’re there, its really like your not. The same thing is happening with us. People talk on aim, msn, yahoo etc… we use abbreviations to talk. However technology is a huge part of our lives. Almost every home as a computer, a television and a phone or cell phone. Almost all the people we know have used the internet before or talked online. Since it’s so popular it becomes part of our lives, and now its progressing into the way we talk and write. At work, at school and at home.