Orwell SUCKS!

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@Kendall Jackson

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

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

[tnetennba]

@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?

1927 .

[thoughtlet]

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!

[Smeghead]

@smiling_bandit

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.)

[elucidator]

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

[BrainGlutton]

@elucidator

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!

[BrainGlutton]

@smiling_bandit

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, Kipling, Wells, and Twain.

[Annie-Xmas]

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