I've been saying the same thing for a long time. Evolving language made sense when only 20% of people were literate but now that it's near universal there's no reason that language can't be standardized.
It also leaves it open to 'interpreting' things like the fucking Constitution but in the future. What good does writing down laws do when eventually nobody knows what it means anymore?
If you control what people say you can control how they think too.
it is shocking how low and crude American English has fallen in just 250 years. the way people wrote and talked back then was far more intelligent, used bigger vocabularies and strictly followed rules of ettiquette and politeness that we lost a very long time ago. none of our founding fathers were academics, except maybe Ben Franklin, but the way they wrote exceeded the way PhD's write today.
check out this letter to Jefferson for a prime example of how great common English used to be
"P.S. I am highly pleased with your Declaration. God preserve the united States. We know the Race is not to the swift nor the Battle to the strong. Do you not think an Angel rides in the Whirlwind and directs this Storm?"
isn't that a profoundly beautiful description of America's purpose?
I've been saying the same thing for a long time. Evolving language made sense when only 20% of people were literate but now that it's near universal there's no reason that language can't be standardized. It also leaves it open to 'interpreting' things like the fucking Constitution but in the future. What good does writing down laws do when eventually nobody knows what it means anymore? If you control what people say you can control how they think too.
for fun i like to read random letters sent between the founding fathers.
https://founders.archives.gov/
it is shocking how low and crude American English has fallen in just 250 years. the way people wrote and talked back then was far more intelligent, used bigger vocabularies and strictly followed rules of ettiquette and politeness that we lost a very long time ago. none of our founding fathers were academics, except maybe Ben Franklin, but the way they wrote exceeded the way PhD's write today.
check out this letter to Jefferson for a prime example of how great common English used to be
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-01-02-0189
"P.S. I am highly pleased with your Declaration. God preserve the united States. We know the Race is not to the swift nor the Battle to the strong. Do you not think an Angel rides in the Whirlwind and directs this Storm?"
isn't that a profoundly beautiful description of America's purpose?
MAKE ENGLISH GREAT AGAIN
This is why Latin was created.