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A654239 - The Dispossessive Case

Post 1

Martin Harper

http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A654239

I thought I might share this piece of whimsy on the nature of property with you fine group of people... smiley - smiley


A654239 - The Dispossessive Case

Post 2

Dogster

Hi there, I've only just got round to adding this piece of whimsy to the H2G2 Politics Forum main page. Strange idea, a bit Orwellian though? smiley - smiley


A654239 - The Dispossessive Case

Post 3

Martin Harper

Control language and you control the people - just a touch Orwellian. But then, is it actually *possible* to have a politically neutral language?


A654239 - The Dispossessive Case

Post 4

Emily 'Twa Bui' Ultramarine

That was meant to be Esperanto, wasn't it? - only it was based almost entirely on European language values and grammar systems. smiley - smiley


A654239 - The Dispossessive Case

Post 5

Martin Harper

I thought it was just meant to be a common language - I didn't realise it was meant to be politically neutral too... smiley - erm


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