# Orwell SUCKS!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orwell-sucks/445504>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 15, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orwell-sucks/445504 "2008-04-15T22:27:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![blinkingblinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orwell-sucks/445504/61 "2008-04-18T22:36:13Z")

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[QUOTE=Kendall Jackson]  
He could have written: “If it is possible to a cut a word [del]out[/del], always cut it [del]out[/del].”

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I do not think that is possible or understandable in written British English now, let alone 60 years ago.

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**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orwell-sucks/445504/62 "2008-04-18T23:02:40Z")

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[QUOTE=smiling bandit]  
People get all upset about important things like politics, but when was the last time anyone went and blew up a grammar school?  
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[1927](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_disaster) .

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**Author:** ![thoughtlet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@thoughtlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thoughtlet)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orwell-sucks/445504/63 "2013-07-21T01:17:58Z")

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I also dislike Orwell greatly. While he writes a good novel, his essay “Politics and the English Language” really annoyed my brain. He writes in the style of prose that he discourages!

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orwell-sucks/445504/64 "2013-07-21T03:27:17Z")

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> [@smiling\_bandit](#):
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> Would this **cock-nogging** limey verb-flayer honestly argue that, say, the entirey of the 19th century was a litary wasteland?

Nothing says “Christmastime” more than a nice tall glass of cock nog.

(I know it’s a zombie.)

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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orwell-sucks/445504/65 "2013-07-21T06:45:46Z")

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In _Animal House_, Orwell made a unique contribution, a truly brilliant piece of satire without a trace of humor.

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orwell-sucks/445504/66 "2013-07-21T06:51:03Z")

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> [@elucidator](#):
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> In _Animal House_, Orwell made a unique contribution, a truly brilliant piece of satire without a trace of humor.

I dunno, I laughed my ass off at the bit where Snowball and Boxer ruined the university parade through Faber. Take **that,** Dean Napoleon!

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orwell-sucks/445504/67 "2013-07-21T07:01:57Z")

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> [@smiling\_bandit](#):
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> IWould this cock-nogging limey verb-flayer honestly argue that, say, the entirey of the 19th century was a litary wasteland?

Probably not, since he wrote appreciative essays about [Dickens,](http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0300011h.html#part10) [Kipling,](http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0300011h.html#part17) [Wells,](http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0300011h.html#part15) and [Twain](http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0300011h.html#part18).

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orwell-sucks/445504/68 "2013-07-22T15:19:50Z")

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What? An extremely talented person is not nice? HOLD THE PRESSES!

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