Hillbilly version: A national language. We sure hope you use IMP (Indigenous Mountain People) as the guide line for English. Why not? But probably, New York or New Jersey English will be the accepted standard. Heaven forbid we should use some obscure Indian dialect since they were here first. English is good. Which English is better remains to seen.

The United States may be the melting pot but the pot is now soup with a distinctive English taste. How is this different from current practices? It is a wonder that we have survived the past two hundred years.

The difficulties of English is the variability of the words themselves. Simply, a word has multiple meanings. Prime examples are the rash of lawsuits in which lawyers are necessary to define what was said in written documents. Not only has the meaning changed from when it was written until now but you can rest assured it will change again in the future. The words meanings are in flux. The outcome of these changes, however, almost always those who are making the rules. If you have the gold you rule. I’m disturbed that with everything going on in the world that we can give time to this important item. At least it is not a mandate. At least, I don’t think it is.