Prompt 6

        George Orwell has stated that the lack of clarity and accuracy of the ideas of people is  partially because of the"slovenliness of our language." However it is not the fault of the language at all. the foolish thoughts of fools would find a way out even if the English language didn't have a way for them to express their ideas. In fact, sometimes the English language restricts the folly of humans so they need to go about creating new words to express it. The blame lies simply on the idiocy in the nature of the people themselves.
      In "Words Don't Mean what they Mean," Pinker describes how a character from Tootsie says it would be "a relief" if guys would "be honest enough" to tell her the blunt truth of how they feel about her. She then proved how inaccurate and silly this was to say when she splashed wine in the face of a guy who did just what she said she wanted. This, unlike Orwell's claim, has nothing to do with the English language. The slovenliness is not provided by the words but by the brain producing those words. She could have conveyed this silliness in not only English but Spanish, French, and sign language. It is not "our" language as English speakers that makes us fools.
      The very existence of multiple ways to convey a single message is proof that language makes it no easier to be foolish. The world has gone through "[b]road linguistic shifts" (Nunberg) through which we see the possibility of multiple phrasings for one thought. As in the elementary brochure, you could say "Take a stab at it" or "Go for it." If this were being said in situation that causes it to crease a foolish idea, like telling someone to try the jump off a bridge they're considering, the language used had no impact of the folly of the idea. It is just as stupid as it would be if the person drew out their idea rather than conveying it via language. This shows that the language has no impact on the conveying of ideas. It is flexible and what the person wants to be said will be said.
      Sometimes language can even restrict us from saying what we wish to say. In "The Word Police," Kakutani shows this through her display of other possibilities of words like "waitron" for a gender neutral food server or "womyn" as a way to say woman free from men. This can also be shown through how the world has created the word "bae" for the purpose of conveying a silly idea of someone who we have feelings for but aren't sure where our relationship stands. The idiotic ideas come out into the world even if there isn't yet a word to show them. Language doesn't help the fools. The fools need to help the language.
      Orwell's quote itself shows that it cannot be true. It goes in a circle with its reasoning. It says, more simply put, that foolishness causes lingual inaccuracy, but lingual inaccuracy allows for foolishness. It is a spiral slide of flawed logic on which I would not like to ride.