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Quote by: Nono Y'know, every language changes every day, and it's an eminently democratic process: you can bemoan it but you can't do anything about it. People just find new ways of making themselves understood is all. Or they fail to make themselves understood, as some always have.
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I think that you may have inadvertantly hit the nail on the head. The important thing about languages is not what the language is, but rather that we use it properly.
Some say that one language is more descriptive, or sounds prettier than another. (who can argue that French is very beautiful!) [However when spoken by a truck driver it seems somehow incongruous.]
The important part about language that we learn to use the one we speak well. The fact that language changes through usage is irrelevant. However, one can use the language improperly. What is improper is decided by your audience. What is appropriate language to use with a band of Marines is very improper to use with your mother's sewing club.
However, I can say with some finality that English is impossible to spell. It is an amalgamation of too many languages each having it's own spelling rules. Sometimes I envy the Germans.