It seems to me that this commentary on Wiio's laws to the effect that all human communication fails except by accident has merit to it although perhaps oversta

It seems to me that this commentary on Wiio's laws to the effect that all human communication fails except by accident has merit to it although perhaps overstated but I'll not comment it further as it's likely to get into a protracted and complicated discussion that I've not time to argue. I would however like to draw your attention to one of the links in the article titled English - the universal language on the Internet? https://jkorpela.fi/lingua-franca.html https://jkorpela.fi/lingua-franca.html. This page debates the longterm viability of English as the Internet's lingua franca and discusses alternatives including artificially generated languages that are more suitable to the task. The argument goes that English although the current lingua franca for the internet isn't really suitable for a number of reasons including its eclectic nature (loosely: many words have essentially the same meaning and whilst native speakers use them to good effect to impart style to their writing, this is very confusing for non-native speakers). Also, English is not suitable because of its huge number of idioms many of which are culturally specific (a problem that can be leveled at any existing native language). There are many points argued on this page many of which are self evident but they are essentially all there in a well-argued, cogent text. There are other issues that I'd like to mention but time is of the essence. Instead, I'd recommend you read it.