The article is about writing, in the higher sense of book authoring, in a second language and the emotional issues related to that. I can&#x27;t fully identify with it, as the most I&#x27;ve written in my second language are posts and comments like this one.<p>But there&#x27;s something to be said about the connection between a language and the culture that shapes and is shaped by it. I believe they form an ensemble, so much so that our emotional response to one is inevitably tied to the other.<p>For example, I spend more time reading and writing in English than in my native language, which happens to be Italian, even though I live and work in Italy. This has certainly a lot to do with the subject of my education, job and interests (guess what...) but I cannot exclude that it&#x27;s also based on a certain feeling of &quot;otherness,&quot; or alienation, from my country&#x27;s mainstream culture.<p>That being said, I do consider contemporary English to be technically superior to Italian in almost all respects. It&#x27;s easier, more flexible, more expressive, more concise, and more complete. The only exception would be its utter, inexcusable, almost criminal, irregular spelling.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Phonemic_orthography" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Phonemic_orthography</a>