Une Objection Poem by Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

Une Objection

En arriere du 'dictateur'
et en arriere du 'dictionnaire'
est le latin verbe 'dicere'.

That the Latin verb behind 'dictator'
is also behind 'dictionary'
is, no way,
fair to 'dictionary',
nor to 'dicere',
which simply means 'to say'.

For that,
Your Honour,
dump 'dictator'
for 'autocrat'.

wrt obsolete,
and because nothing natural rhymes with 'ninth',

in case of a quiz about '84,
it was the tenth edition
of the Newspeak Dictionary
which dumped 2 words
that Winston was still using
because he was still using the ninth,
or, for rhyme, was still using number nine;

he mustn't yet have seen number ten,
according to O'Brien.

Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Topic(s) of this poem: future,language,rhyme
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
'autos' is Greek for 'self' and 'kratos' is 'power'.
Orwell made up his own: 'Big Brother'.
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Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide
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