This is terribly sad, in my opinion. It promotes insularity, perhaps also contributes to a 'false' sense of superiority, (with all its attendant prejudices), and limits the opportunity for English only language speakers to access not just cultural information but understanding of the ethos or traits and mores of non-English first langauge peoples.

Having no command of other languages is also an impediment to collaboration and peace across the World because languages carry the history and influences a people have experienced and so influence how they see things now.

I consider English to be a very worthwhile language capable of enhancing nuances and the capacity to explain clearly almost infinite concepts ideas and feelings. However, much of that is precisely because it is a language composed of contributions from myriad other languages.

So, yes, I am grateful that I am a native English speaker and even more that I learned my language when formalities and structure where seen as important for they are what facilitate the nuance and creative expression that the language provides.

It saddens me that today, English is spoken far too often by native English Language speakers in a sloppy and careless way that, in many cases is barely understandable and, at best, ambiguous or derelict of any rational meaning.

Perhaps, given the rise of 'texting' and creation of numerous captialisms, acronyms and abbreviations that have little value beyond topicality among particular groups, we ought to all learn Esperanto and give away that wonderful heritage that is contained in the languages of the World.

After all, if one peruses even a modicum of anti social media or views a smattering of advertising copy or attends to news-readers, journalists, critics and others for whom language is a professional tool, one very quickly realises that the model of the English language that they offer is often a very poor and crass one.

Take care. Stay safe. ☮️

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