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innewspeak,euphonyoutweighedeveryconsiderationotherthanexactitudeofmeaning。regularityofgrammarwasalwayssacrificedtoitwhenitseemednecessary。andrightlyso,sincewhatwasrequired,aboveallforpoliticalpurposes,wasshortclippedwordsofunmistakablemeaningwhichcouldbeutteredrapidlyandwhichrousedtheminimumofechoesinthespeaker』smind。thewordsofthebvocabularyevengainedinforcefromthefactthatnearlyallofthemwereverymuchalike。almostinvariablythesewords—goodthink,minipax,prolefeed,sexcrime,joycamp,ingsoc,bellyfeel,thinkpol,andcountlessothers—werewordsoftwoorthreesyllables,withthestressdistributedequallybetweenthefirstsyllableandthelast。theuseofthemencouragedagabblingstyleofspeech,atoncestaccatoandmonotonous。andthiswasexactlywhatwasaimedat。theintentionwastomakespeech,andespeciallyspeechonanysubjectnotideologicallyneutral,asnearlyaspossibleindependentofconsciousness。forthepurposesofeverydaylifeitwasnodoubtnecessary,orsometimesnecessary,toreflectbeforespeaking,butapartymembercalledupontomakeapoliticalorethicaljudgementshouldbeabletosprayforththecorrectopinionsasautomaticallyasamachinegunsprayingforthbullets。histrainingfittedhimtodothis,thelanguagegavehimanalmostfoolproofinstrument,andthetextureofthewords,withtheirharshsoundandacertainwilfuluglinesswhichwasinaccordwiththespiritofingsoc,assistedtheprocessstillfurther。