A standard international language should not only be simple, regular, and logical, but also rich and creative.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Standard English is very imperialistic, controlled, and precise; it's not got a lot of funk or soul to it.
A common creation demands a common sacrifice, and perhaps not the least potent argument in favour of a constructed international language is the fact that it is equally foreign, or apparently so, to the traditions of all nationalities.
No important national language, at least in the Occidental world, has complete regularity of grammatical structure, nor is there a single logical category which is adequately and consistently handled in terms of linguistic symbolism.
I would guess that the decision to create a small special purpose language or use an existing general purpose language is one of the toughest decisions that anyone facing the need for a new language must make.
I have never designed a language for its own sake.
It is very difficult to work in another language, and it is also very challenging.
As a matter of fact, a national language which spreads beyond its own confines very quickly loses much of its original richness of content and is in no better case than a constructed language.
When I started writing seriously in high school, English was the language I had at my disposal - my Spanish was domestic, colloquial, and not particularly literary or sophisticated.
All language is a popularity contest.
The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.