[PUGACHEV]

George Orwell wrote an ever-timely essay on how Latin words, which came to us from the Norman conquest, "[fall] upon the facts like soft snow, blurring the outline and covering up all the details". It's worth a read.

Politics and the English Language

[harpygoddess]

That is excellent, and I’ve never seen it before. Thank you!

[Red Badger]

Excellent essay!

My college English professor would be aghast!

He ENCOURAGED the use of pretentious words in writing, calling them “Learn-ed Words”, not ‘learned’ but ‘learn-ed’, two syllables.

He ENCOURAGED the use of foreign phrases and idioms in writing to ‘spruce it up’ has he said.

This was in 1973..................

[Mrs. Don-o]

Thanks for providing a link to this. Classic Orwell at his best.