English is a highly dynamic language and as such, should not be meddled with.
The great genius of language, especially the English language, is that it is a bottom-up evolution much like the Internet and, like the Internet, it should remain an expression of individual liberty. The god-players on the left cannot leave anything free of top-down micromanagement.
Here in Germany, and in France, there are government agencies to determine how words should be spelt, ... er I mean spelled.
“English is a highly dynamic language and as such, should not be meddled with.”
Some of the changes described in the article are already evolving out of texting and twitter. Rap culture tends that way also. cu soon. hav biznes 2 do.
Another interesting development. Linguists have thought for a long time that the English verb “to be” would take centuries and centuries to regularize (English verbs have regularized historically in an inverse relationship to the commonness of the use of the verb. E.g., “He spake”).
But “to be” has begun to regularize in rap culture in only about 20 years. “I be top dog.” “We be goin’ soon.” The practice has spread quickly to the general culture amongst youngsters. I be done writing now.
Meddling with English, to borrow from Churchill, is something up with which I shall not put.