Newspeak [was: Intellectual output from the Arab World]

2002-10-03 Thread Alberto Monteiro
No, _plus_ is the prefix for superlatives. double plus good is very, very, good. Did I really write this? Duh, maybe I should spend less time watching TV and helping my daughters' homeworks. IIRC, the superlatives of _good_ are better and best [in newspeak they would be

Re: Newspeak [was: Intellectual output from the Arab World]

2002-10-03 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 9:50 AM Subject: Newspeak [was: Intellectual output from the Arab World] In other words, *_plusgood_ is excellent, not better Actually, I think it is both. That's