[JCEccles]

Evolution of language is well-documented, showing modification over generations, selection based on surroundings, and nobody pretends it was "intelligently designed".

You don't believe language changes as a result of mental reflection and effort?

The evidence that language is the result of not merely intelligent agents, but agents with exceptionally large brains, is not only self-apparent, it is overwhelming.

If this weren't true, rocks would speak--and in local dialects.

[Alter Kaker]

The evidence that language is the result of not merely intelligent agents, but agents with exceptionally large brains, is not only self-apparent, it is overwhelming.

While that's somewhat true (although that fails to explain how Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) speaks) we're not consciously directing the evolution of our language, so it is not correct to say that language is designed. I'm not a linguist, but my understanding nevertheless is that the most popular mechanism for linguistic evolution is quite a bit different from biological evolution.

[BostonianRightist]

The evidence that language is the result of not merely intelligent agents, but agents with exceptionally large brains, is not only self-apparent, it is overwhelming.

Just kinda playing Devil's Advocate here, but are you saying that the PC Nazi's that have been successfully changing our language have exceptionally larger brains?

[Great Caesars Ghost]

If this weren't true, rocks would speak--and in local dialects.

According to the Muzzies, they do! Rocks & Trees: "O Son of Islam, there is a jew hiding behind me, come and kill him."