Winston Smith:
How's the Newspeak Committee?
Syme:
Working overtime. Plusbig waste is in adjectives. Plusbig waste is timing the language to scientific advance.
Winston Smith:
Yes...
Syme:
It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words. You wouldn't have seen the Dictionary 10th edition, would you Smith? It's that thick.
[illustrates thickness with fingers]
Syme:
The 11th Edition will be that
[narrows fingers]
Syme:
thick.
Winston Smith:
So, the Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect?
Syme:
The secret is to move from translation, to direct thought, to automatic response. No need for self-discipline. Language coming from here
[the larynx]
Syme:
, not from here
[the brain]
Syme:
.
Tillotson's Friend:
[leans over from another table]
Excuse me for intruding. But what you're saying is that we should be rid of the last vestiges of Goldsteinism when the language has been cleaned. I couldn't be more in agreement with you, brother.
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