Most of English's "problems" come from a sort of natural drift that all languages experience all the time. There's no way to freeze a language in its "most usef

Most of English's "problems" come from a sort of natural drift that all languages experience all the time. There's no way to freeze a language in its "most useful" form, because a billion different speakers are simultaneously pulling it in different directions. It either ends up as a sort of democratic consensus, or eventually fractures into mutually unintelligible dialects. 1. Shakespearean pronunciation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPlpphT7n9s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPlpphT7n9s 2. Problems that would be caused by simplifying spelling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-language_spelling_reform#Obstacles_and_criticisms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-language_spelling_refo... 3. Power of Babel: http://www.amazon.com/The-Power-Babel-Natural-Language/dp/006052085X http://www.amazon.com/The-Power-Babel-Natural-Language/dp/00... 4. Toastmasters speech about "Manglish": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDanVi6byKo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDanVi6byKo (Toastmasters has its own version of English, full of over the top gestures. Also recommended, search for Singlish on Youtube.)