>>>>It's probably historical: some languages got used to hidden sense and implicit talk. I am not a linguistic expert, so I could be wrong, but it might be that Russian language is the most double-speak phenomenon in this area.
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>>>What about (ouch, forgot the exact name) of the language in "1984"? I read it recently in English.
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>>1984 language is crafty 'plagiarization' of Russian style. Did you feel at home while reading it?
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>Do you mean remembering how was it in the beginning of 1980s (or Stalin times) in Russia? Yes and back in the days...

Obviously, I don't remember Stalin times :), just what my parents told me. I grew up in Brezhnev era and double-speak was the norm of the day. Do you remember that phrase? "If someone talks what he thinks, then he does not think".