Politics and the English Language by George Orwell (gutenberg.net.au)

One of my all time favorites.

EDIT: Actually, this piece is not the best of his essays in the collection ("Politics and the English Language and Other Essays"). But judge yourself:

https://www.fadedpage.com/books/20180223/html.php

All of Orwell's published works are free at the Australian Gutenberg website.

https://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty-n-z.html#orwell

I also really enjoy this Eurythmics soundtrack, but it's not for everybody.

https://m.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEA&search_query=eurythmic...

Reposts are fine after a year or so (see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html) but we had a big discussion of this one a few months ago, so the current submission counts as a dupe.

Politics and the English Language (1946) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34277254 - Jan 2023 (41 comments)

Previous threads listed at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34279202