I&#x27;m a native English speaker. I don&#x27;t really know any other language, though I&#x27;ve studied a bit of the romance languages.<p>I don&#x27;t think English is a good &quot;standard&quot; language. Despite widespread usage, there are a lot of problems I see with it when compared to other languages.<p>For example, the word read. Which read did I mean? If I spoke it, and meant the other read, was I talking about the colour red? I know, context and all that, but the inconsistent, broad rules often based on context alone isn&#x27;t that great. I imagine computers would have a bit easier a time with a language with a more consistent structure.<p>I think a good parallel lies in programming languages. PHP is widespread on the web. Should we make it the standard? If I called for that, I&#x27;d be served a link to how PHP is a fractal of bad design or similar with a resounding no and perhaps a bit of shame to finish things off nicely.<p>That and in England the whole &quot;St George&#x27;s day hurkadurr&quot; crap is pretty tedious. I don&#x27;t want to see memes like &quot;English is the world standard language. Why do we need a polish shop in ENGLAND?!&quot;