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#115164 - Obscure references ... Responding to: ???'s previous message |
what is 'duckspeak' ?
A reference to George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four", where it means "to speak without thinking" / "to quack like a duck". Calling something (...)-speak is often a reference to the novel (and has a negative connotation), like newspeak or oldspeak. what does '/nt' mean "No text" (in the body of the message, the subject line is the actual content of the message). |
Topic | Author | Date |
Job ... help!!! | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
Aaaaaaaaagh! | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
now I know | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
A better description | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
translation | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
incorrect! | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
What about duckspeak ? /nt | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
can't say | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
Obscure references ... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
maybe I should read it again. | 01/01/70 00:00 |