Well, there might be health issues involved. Just got done reading an interesting book, TEACHING AND HUNTING IN EAST AFRICA, by Dan McNickle, an American who spent four years in Tanzania in the early 1960's. Among other things he taught English to black Africans, and found it very difficult because our language is so arbitrary both in spelling and grammar.
At the end of the book he states that citizens of the U.S. and Britain have more heart attacks than those of Germany, Italy Japan and Mexico. Studies have attempted to trace this tendency to diet, but have failed to find any firm reason. As a result, McNickle suggests we have more heart attacks because we speak English.
