How odd, he complains of additions to the English Language. I don't mind new additions whether I would use them or not. Especially if they describe something new or in a new way eg. Frankenfood or McJob. What makes me sad is the words which drop out of common use. I'm afraid that losing words will simplify the way we think. The first example which comes to mind is color, things used to be cerulean or teal or azure or periwinkle blue. Now they are light, dark or "sort of a medium bluey-greeny kind of colour". If we only have a generic word for it do we only see a generic colour.
My high school English teacher devided words into weedy, those often overused words with imprecise meanings eg. you look nice and woody those that gave a specific meaning eg you look elegant. Papers were often handed back to be weeded.
