The author decries current usage of English in scientific circles.1 He completely misses the real problem.
The German-speaking countries have periodic conferences to update the German language and keep it standardized. Unfortunately, English-speaking countries have no such forum. The result is that the English language has become an unqualified disaster.
In ancient times, the phonetic alphabet was invented for a reason, that is, to make it easy for people to learn to read and write. Some languages are still phonetic, or at least reasonably phonetic. Among them are Spanish, German, Fijian, and Hindi; English is not. Nor is that the only problem with English. Irregular verbs are an additional problem.
Because English is not phonetic, it is very difficult for people to learn to read and write English. That is especially true for people who learn it as a second language. Consider the words knife, pneumonia, light, right, rendezvous, etc. ...
