h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Does the English language have a Language Police like the French or 'Real Academia Española de la Lengua' for Spanish that is in charge of the official language? You could write to them (if they exist) about your proposed words. I feel your language really needs them.

Hello!

Do you mean that my fictitious "language" needs a Language Police-type authority, or just that the English language in general needs such a group? If it's the latter, I'm curious about what you'd suggest.

There is an ongoing debate in the US, especially during election years, about the so-called "national language," and whether it should be decided once and for all based on history, or on population demographics... Let's face it, even if we were originally a British colony, there simply isn't a justifiable argument anymore for a country that refuses to accept Spanish or other foreign languages as valid and worthy of teaching to our children. Latino/a population figures fly in the face of such an argument, as well they should.

Thanks for reading - hope to converse again soon. Cheers -- Rael

The English language in general needs such a group. (However, the French should get rid of it or get them to work on modernizing their language and making it more practiclal.) This way, if new words are created, they can decide wether to make them official or not (they are weighed on poetic and practical grounds). And all those words you mentioned are really needed. Ah, and this should be international. For all English speaking languages. (La Real Academia Española de la Lengua is for all spanish speaking countries.)

More later. Have to go