Great Regulars: Problem is, language probably isn't fixable.

"When you try to fix the world of ideas, fix the meanings of words," [Arika] Okrent says, "it's hard to keep it steady. Times change, words change, and besides, we tend to mean what we mean not by strict rules, but by agreement."

That won't keep people from trying. One motive is the altruistic dream of tearing down the linguistic walls that divide us. "It's the dream of oneness," says Okrent, "the idea that if everyone could communicate with one another, we could eliminate strife--an idea that is, unfortunately, easy to disprove."

from John Timpane: The Philadelphia Inquirer: Klingon and other "crazy ideas" in book about invented tongues

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