NguAndrew Moss
Ngo-1946, uGeorge Orwell wakugxeka ukusetyenziswa kakubi kolwimi kwisincoko sakhe sakudala esithi, “Politics and the English Language,” evakalisa ngokudumileyo ukuba “luba [ulwimi] lubi kwaye aluchanekanga kuba iingcinga zethu zibudenge, kodwa ubuvila bolwimi lwethu lwenza kube lula. ukuze sibe neengcinga zobudenge. U-Orwell wagcina ukugxekwa kwakhe okubukhali ngolwimi lwezopolitiko olonakeleyo, awalubiza ngokuthi "ukukhusela okungenakukhuseleka," kwaye kwiminyaka eyalandelayo, abanye ababhali bathatha izigxeko ezifanayo zentetho yezopolitiko, behlengahlengisa ingqalelo yabo ngokweemeko zelo xesha.
Esinye isigxeko-zimvo sigxile kulwimi lwezixhobo zenyukliya, kwaye ndithi olu lwimi kufuneka lusixhalabise ngokukhethekileyo namhlanje. Ebizwa ngokuba yi "Nukespeak" ngabagxeki bayo, yintetho yomkhosi kakhulu efihla iziphumo zokuziphatha zemigaqo-nkqubo kunye nezenzo zethu. Lulwimi olusetyenziswa ngamagosa asemkhosini, iinkokeli zopolitiko, neengcaphephe zemigaqo-nkqubo – kwakunye neentatheli nabemi. Ulwimi lungena kwiingxoxo zethu zasesidlangalaleni njengohlobo oluhlaselayo, lusenza ithunzi kwindlela esicinga ngayo ngokuhlangeneyo kwethu kwangoku nakwikamva.
Ngokomzekelo, kwinqaku lakutshanje leNew York Times, “Iibhombu ezincinci Zongeza iFuel kuloyiko lweNyukliya"Iintatheli ezimbini zeTimes, uWilliam J. Broad kunye noDavid E. Sanger, bachaza ingxoxo eqhubekayo ngaphakathi kolawulo luka-Obama malunga nento ebizwa ngokuba yi-modernization yezixhobo zethu zenyukliya, inguqu eya kubangela iibhombu zeathom ngokuchaneka okukhulu kunye namandla abo. abaqhubi ukwandisa okanye ukunciphisa isakhono sokudubula kwayo nayiphi na ibhombu enye. Abaxhasi baphikisa ngelithi ukwenza izixhobo zibe zezanamhlanje kuya kunciphisa amathuba okusetyenziswa kwazo ngokwandisa ukuthintela kwabo abaza kuba ngabahlaseli ngelixa abagxeki besithi ukuphuculwa kweebhombu kuya kwenza ukusetyenziswa kwazo kuhende ngakumbi kubaphathi bomkhosi. Abagxeki baphinda bachaze iindleko zenkqubo yesimanje - ukuya kuthi ga kwi-1 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ukuba zonke izinto ezinxulumene nazo zithathelwa ingqalelo.
Kulo lonke inqaku, i-Broad kunye ne-Sanger yakha le miba ngolwimi lwe-Nukespeak. Ngokomzekelo, kwesi sivakalisi silandelayo, aquka amazwi eentetho ezimbini: “Kwaye imveliso yayo, amandla adubulayo ebhombu, inokutsalelwa phezulu okanye ezantsi ngokuxhomekeke koko kujoliswe kuko, ukuze kuncitshiswe umonakalo owenzelwa isibambiso.” I-euphemisms, "isivuno" kunye "nomonakalo wesibambiso," isusa ubukho bomntu-ilizwi, ubuso-kwi-equation yokufa. Nangona ababhali belichaza igama elithi “imveliso” ngokuthi “amandla adubulayo,” ubukho begama kwisicatshulwa lusakothusa umahluko walo phakathi kweentsingiselo ezintle, oko kukuthi, isivuno okanye ingeniso yemali, kunye nengqiqo yobudemon yokuvuna okuyingozi. Kwaye ibinzana elithi "umonakalo wesibambiso" sele liqatshelwe ixesha elide ngenxa ye-mendacity yayo, ukushiywa kwayo into engabonakaliyo kuyo nayiphi na ingcamango.
Isivakalisi sikwanalo nelinye inqaku leNukespeak: umdla wothando ngesixhobo esibulalayo. Kuyinto enye ukuba umntu ukudayela phantsi thermostat yendlu yakhe; yenye into “yokucofa” umthwalo wokufa. Xa ndandifundisa amabanga aphakamileyo uncwadi lwemfazwe noxolo, mna nabafundi bam safunda uncwadi lwaseHiroshima naseNagasaki kwelinye lamacandelo ethu. Sifunde isibhengezo sikaMongameli uTruman sokuwisa ibhombu yeathom yokuqala, ephonononga indlela uTruman axoxa ngayo ngemvelaphi yesi sixhobo esitsha kunye nentsebenziswano yezenzululwazi eye yayenza “yeyona mpumelelo inkulu yenzululwazi elungelelanisiweyo kwimbali.” Kwangaxeshanye, sifunda amabali ngababhali baseJapan abakwazileyo ukusinda kwi-inferno kwaye baqhubeke nokubhala. Omnye wababhali abanjalo, uYoko Ota, unombalisi webali lakhe elifutshane elithi, “Fireflies,” wabuyela eHiroshima emva kweminyaka esixhenxe emva kwebhombu yaye wadibana neqela labanye abasindayo, kuquka intombazana eselula, uMitsuko, eyayigqwethwe ngokumasikizi ngenxa yeathom. ugqabhuko-dubulo. Ngaphandle kokonakala okumenza ubukho bakhe esidlangalaleni bube buhlungu ngokweemvakalelo, uMitsuko ubonakalisa ukomelela okungaqhelekanga kunye “nomnqweno wokukhula ngokukhawuleza nokunceda abantu abanengxaki.”
Ugqirha wengqondo kunye nombhali uRobert Jay Lifton ubhale ukuba nangaphakathi kwesithunzi senyukliya, sinokufumana amathuba okuhlangula kwisithethe "sobulumko bomboni: imbongi, umzobi, okanye umguquli wabalimi, owathi, xa umbono wehlabathi wangoku ungaphumeleli, wajika umva. i-kaleidoscope yentelekelelo yakhe de izinto eziqhelekileyo zithathe ipateni eyahluke ngokupheleleyo. ULifton wabhala loo mazwi ngowe-1984, yaye ukususela ngoko imfuneko yentsebenziswano kwisijikelezi-langa iye yakhula ngokungxamisekileyo. Namhlanje, njengangaphambili, ngumculi kunye nomboni onokubona ubukho bomntu obufihliweyo emva kwe-façade eleleyo yaseNukespeak. Ngumzobi kunye nemboni enokufumana amagama athi: kukho impambano kule nto ibizwa ngokuba yingqiqo - kwaye, ngokwenene, sinamandla okufumana enye indlela.
Andrew Moss, ehlanganiswe ngu PeaceVoice, ngunjingalwazi ophumayo kwiYunivesithi yaseCalifornia State Polytechnic, ePomona, apho wafundisa khona ikhosi, “Imfazwe noXolo kuLuncwadi,” iminyaka eyi-10.
