On a related note: why are we putting up with other languages anyway? I&#x27;ve been asking myself for a long time why we (as in humanity) don&#x27;t try to standardize on a language.<p>The language of the Internet is English for the most part, and since the Internet is the greatest facilitator of communication in human history, that standard language might as well be English.<p>I firmly believe the world would be a much better place if people from everywhere could communicate with each other without being inhibited by the language barrier.<p>I understand that this is not something that can be done overnight, but a lot of people learn English as a second langue today, so maybe a switch could be made in a generation or two, as people who don&#x27;t speak English as a first or second language slowly die out.