"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words."
--From How to Build A Universe That Won’t Fall Apart in Two Days by Philip K. Dick
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Americanisms: The Curse of Language
Why do you persist in using the Americanism Statutory Rape? It's the same with that awful Americanism 'autopsy'. Are you not gifted enough to recognise what is appropriate? Are you not employed to be gifted with words?
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