Newspeak was inspired by Esperanto, because George Orwell had an annoying Esperantist roommate. “bad” in Esperanto is “malbone,” literally “un-good.” “terrible” in Esperanto is “malbonege,” literally “very ungood.”
Also Esperanto at the time was hoped to be the universal second language of the working class. That did not mean esperantists were any less annoying then though
Newspeak was inspired by Esperanto, because George Orwell had an annoying Esperantist roommate. “bad” in Esperanto is “malbone,” literally “un-good.” “terrible” in Esperanto is “malbonege,” literally “very ungood.”
Also Esperanto at the time was hoped to be the universal second language of the working class. That did not mean esperantists were any less annoying then though
they meant well! honestly Esperanto has a really positive community, even still. but I can see how it’d get on someone’s nerves.