9 years ago
China's Ban On Puns Comes Straight Out Of '1984'
China announced a ban on puns and casual alteration of idioms last week, warning that wordplay could lead to “cultural and linguistic chaos." If you think that sounds Orwellian, then you're right. The dystopian government in "1984" strictly limited the use of language to prohibit puns and all forms of double meaning. Called Newspeak, this system was central to state control. As explained in the book's appendix...
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