“They gave us the language but it is only we who know how to use it”
Hanif Kureishi (1954) English playwright, screenwriter, novelist
The Black Album, Uncle Asif, Chapter One, (1995).
“Language, as we know, is full of illogicalities.”
G. Myrdal (1951), "The Trend Towards Economic Planning." The Manchester School, 19: 1–42.
Context: The term 'economic planning' and perhaps still more bluntly 'planned economy' contains a tautology... The word 'economy' by itself implies, of course, a co-ordination of activities, directed towards a purpose. It implies a subject, a will, a plan, and a rational adaptation of means towards an end or or a goal. To add “planned” in order to indicate that this co<ordination of activities has a purpose, does not make much sense or cannot, anyhow, be good usage. Language, as we know, is full of illogicalities.
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