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    Dangle turns away lost in a strange mix of fury and pride. He sighs that the educated classes have their own weapons like law, contracts, and his specialty of using long, complex words. Later, the passage discusses how not being able to find the right word can be difficult both for oneself and others in a conversation. While people are generally good at finding synonyms, some concepts can only be fully explained by a single word, like "I" which holds immense power in asking for help or expressing individuality. The passage concludes by discussing how North Korea has removed the concept of stress from common language, likely as an easier way to demonstrate a utopian paradise rather than creating a real one and allowing expressions of

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    Dangle turns away lost in a strange mix of fury and pride. He sighs that the educated classes have their own weapons like law, contracts, and his specialty of using long, complex words. Later, the passage discusses how not being able to find the right word can be difficult both for oneself and others in a conversation. While people are generally good at finding synonyms, some concepts can only be fully explained by a single word, like "I" which holds immense power in asking for help or expressing individuality. The passage concludes by discussing how North Korea has removed the concept of stress from common language, likely as an easier way to demonstrate a utopian paradise rather than creating a real one and allowing expressions of

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    Alan’s knife trembles in his hand.

    The power of the stage seeps into him, a mass of intensity drowning
    him in splintering light. He whips his head around to gaze longingly into the arms of his love, the
    gracious and loving Pauline. He sighs loudly and raises the knife once again. Upstage, Pauline
    shrieks - her hair falling undone, not unlike Alan's own mind. etc etc description

    Dangle turns, lost in some strange amalgamation of fury and pride. ‘We, the educated classes, have
    our own weapons,’ he sighs. ‘The law; contract; and my particular specialism – sesquipedalian verbis.’

    Long words.

    Have you ever had a word on the tip of your tongue? Whether in time conditions or in casual
    conversation, it takes a huge amount of brain power from yourself and/or the other parties involved to
    determine the word, or if the word is too obscure the concept of the word.

    This can be fine. Generally, we are all quite good at this - the importance of synonyms are hammered
    into us quite profusely from around grade 4 and up - and for non-native speakers, a goal towards
    fluency is to expand the language they use. If you remember those posters on the wall, filled with

    ‘Don’t use angry in this piece - instead, use furious-’

    ‘Can I grab a cab?’, as opposed to ‘May you please call me a taxi?’

    (add more examples?)

    But, there are some things that only that word can explain - something as simple as self.

    I.

    ‘I’ holds with it an insane amount of power. So does ‘me.’ From asking for help ‘I need food, I need
    help, I need water’ to basic expressions of individuality. My favourite colour is blue. I like listening to
    country music.

    Imagine that feeling, of a concept, a word on the tip of your tongue, every time you try to explain a
    concept as simple as I.

    In North Korea, the concept of stress has been removed from linguistic and social common language.
    In a presumed bid to show off the paradise that is the world North Koreans live in… rephrase this all
    etc. In order to demonstrate this to their people, they must either create a real utopia, or to remove the
    concept of stress to physically disallow an expression of unhappiness…. etc

    Guess which one’s easier.

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