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I'm going to apologize immediately since this is going to be a subjective question.

After reading an article about the new words added to the English language, noticing a trend in a few sci-fi books, and noticing the rising popularity in being a "grammar Nazi", I had an interesting thought.

Why haven't we changed the English language to a form that is easier to understand? All words spelled phonetically, simplified sentence structure, confusing elements removed, etc.

An example of this is science-fiction is in the Ender's series novels by Orson Scott Card where the English language has evolved to what is known as Common.

Bean responds: "I speak common, not English, and in common there is no such word as 'whom'".

I think this would be a great step forward!

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It doesn't seem a big enough difference to support the claim that common is a new language. – Edwin Ashworth Oct 16 '12 at 16:29
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Shouldn't that be: "no such word as 'hoom'"? – Peter Shor Oct 16 '12 at 16:34
in the Ender's series, American's and people in the United Kingdom still tend to speak English, but the main language throughout the rest of the world is common which is supposed to be simpler and easier to learn. Of course the book is written in modern English otherwise the "grammar Nazis" would have had a fit. – Travis Dtfsu Crum Oct 16 '12 at 16:37
@PeterShor that is correct. The book is of course written in English as we understand it otherwise people would have been driven mad – Travis Dtfsu Crum Oct 16 '12 at 16:37
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Try a far more famous SF novel: George Orwell's 1984. – StoneyB Oct 16 '12 at 16:40

closed as not constructive by coleopterist, Andrew Leach, Mitch, RegDwighт♦ Oct 16 '12 at 16:37

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