Newspeak invention #4876

[Josquius]

Is this true though?
I've heard illerate is a discouraged word but thats mostly because very very few people are truly illiterate.Most adults who need to go into adult learning are just god awful readers, not truly illiterate.

Just google it.

"Korttidsutbildade"

Yeah, I believe the government may well be using it but I don't think its entirely a case of PC.

Even if it were there'd be nothing wrong with this bit of PC- they want to encourage these people to come to class and fix their problem afterall so a less negative word without so much stigma is a good thing.

And thats one horrible Swedish word. Whats the ut doing in there....

[HVC]

Is this true though?
I've heard illerate is a discouraged word but thats mostly because very very few people are truly illiterate.Most adults who need to go into adult learning are just god awful readers, not truly illiterate.

Just google it.

"Korttidsutbildade"

Bless you

[Slargos]

That isn't a word Slargos.

You're entirely correct. Technically it is three words. In Swedish, the sentencestructure is slightly different.

See what I did there? No space between sentence and structure.

[Viking]

Germanic languages often allow compound words. So allegedly the longest word in Norwegian is

karbondioksidbrannslukningsapparatutsprøytningsdysebruksanvisningvedlegginnholdsfortegnelsene

Carbon Dioxide Fire Extinguisher Evacuation Nozzle Valve User Instruction Appendix Table of Contents

The Norwegian word is a bit longer than the translation, but the only real limitation is your imagination.

[Neil]

And that's why Germanic languages aren't considered 'true' languages, with the exception of English, which isn't really Germanic anyways.

[Viking]

And that's why Germanic languages aren't considered 'true' languages, with the exception of English, which isn't really Germanic anyways.

Dreadnought is a compound word

Dreadnought Look up Dreadnought at Dictionary.com
    "battleship," lit. "fearing nothing," the name of a ship in the Royal Navy c.1596, but modern sense is from the name of the first of a new class of British battleships mainly armed with big guns of one caliber, launched Feb. 18, 1906.

[Slargos]

Is this true though?
I've heard illerate is a discouraged word but thats mostly because very very few people are truly illiterate.Most adults who need to go into adult learning are just god awful readers, not truly illiterate.

Just google it.

"Korttidsutbildade"

Yeah, I believe the government may well be using it but I don't think its entirely a case of PC.

Even if it were there'd be nothing wrong with this bit of PC- they want to encourage these people to come to class and fix their problem afterall so a less negative word without so much stigma is a good thing.

And thats one horrible Swedish word. Whats the ut doing in there....

Utbildning means education.
Bildning is a very loose term and closer in meaning to character and describes what a person achieves when getting institutional training.

You're right; this is not really about political correctness, but more about the trend of the last couple of decades of what is in practice the newspeak as described by Orwell.

[Slargos]

Germanic languages often allow compound words.

That was the term I was looking for! 

[Viking]

Germanic languages often allow compound words.

That was the term I was looking for! 

fraflyttenedeuutdannbarsvensktaperfaen

[grumbler]

Dreadnought is a compound word

Actually, it isn't.  It is a proper name that has taken on a new meaning for a collective concept, like kleenex or xerox machines.

[DontSayBanana]

Dreadnought is a compound word

Actually, it isn't.  It is a proper name that has taken on a new meaning for a collective concept, like kleenex or xerox machines.

So, according to your example, "dreadnought" is a case of consumer branding?

[HisMajestyBOB]

Is this true though?
I've heard illerate is a discouraged word but thats mostly because very very few people are truly illiterate.Most adults who need to go into adult learning are just god awful readers, not truly illiterate.

Just google it.

"Korttidsutbildade"

Yeah, I believe the government may well be using it but I don't think its entirely a case of PC.

Even if it were there'd be nothing wrong with this bit of PC- they want to encourage these people to come to class and fix their problem afterall so a less negative word without so much stigma is a good thing.

And thats one horrible Swedish word. Whats the ut doing in there....

Utbildning means education.
Bildning is a very loose term and closer in meaning to character and describes what a person achieves when getting institutional training.

You're right; this is not really about political correctness, but more about the trend of the last couple of decades of what is in practice the newspeak as described by Orwell.

I'd rather be illiterate than learn Swedish. What hideous words.