I thought the link was going to be to an article about someone trying to start one. No. There are too many dialects to regulate effectively, it would have to have been started centuries ago, and it's a bad idea. No. Just... No.
But soft! What rock through yonder window breaks? It is a brick! And Juliet is out cold.I've heard there's only one pun in French, but that's just something I've heard.
It's Quel fromage instead of Quel dormage.
But soft! What rock through yonder window breaks? It is a brick! And Juliet is out cold.Need? It would kill the language. The primary advantage of English as a language is it's extreme flexibility and ability to absorb words and grammer from other sources.
Anyway, English is the reason why those other language require regulators in the first place, it's largely to protect those languages from corruption by English terms and usage. English is so powerful, it threatens the integrity of other languages. If some other language came along and displaced English as the global lingua franca, then yeah, it might need that sort of protection.
I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.Outside of academia, do people even take language regulation seriously?
Visit my contributor page to assist with the "I Like The Cheeses" project![[qoteblock]]I've heard there's only one pun in French, but that's just something I've heard.[[/quoteblock]]
And Asterix, did you hear about it? Just lettin you know, the French language has waaaaaay more puns than English. Why? Homophony. Lots and lots of it.
And the Academy regulates what can and can't be done by the media and the government mostly. It is actually more liberal and progressive than most users, who prefer to stick to old-fashioned rules.
Also, English is not a potent language intrinsically, I's simply used by powerful countries. Just like French used to be.
Don't be fooled, la
tin has changed a lot throughout the centuries, You can't choose the latin of one era and tick to it. Same for Arabic.
edited 20th Jan '11 12:21:11 PM by RawPower
'''YOU SEE THIS DOG I'M PETTING? THAT WAS COURAGE WOLF.Cute, isn't he?Also, we don't really need Latin grammar for scientific naming, and Latin scientific names are more-or-less opaque anyway, so it wouldn't much matter.
[1] This facsimile operated in part by synAC.Latin scientific names are more-or-less silly Canis Latinicus. Biology is an especially bug offender, How many names for egg, embryo, stem, etc. turn out to mean "little egg" or "little seed"?
Modern sciences (computer science and quantum especially) use Gratuitous English instead. Up, Down, Top, Bottom, Charm, Strange? Spin? Reboot? Root? WTF?
edited 20th Jan '11 12:35:58 PM by RawPower
'''YOU SEE THIS DOG I'M PETTING? THAT WAS COURAGE WOLF.Cute, isn't he?

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So, tropers, does it need one?
INT is knowing a tomato is a fruit. WIS is knowing it doesn't belong in a fruit salad. CHA is convincing people that it does.