Language is what it is - a needed part of societal growth

I’m a word guy, and subsequently, a language guy.

Arguably, language is the greatest invention man has ever produced. We wouldn’t be here without it, written or spoken.

I’ve recently dusted off a set of language discs I hope will help me learn enough Spanish to get around and into trouble — and out of it — on my fifth mission trip to Guatemala this summer. Listening to the introduction, the narrator made the statement that most experts consider the spoken word language more so than the written.

We learn most from the spoken word, and we use it more than the written to conduct our daily affairs...