Tongues, like governments, have a natural tendency to degeneration

To quote from my hero in matters of language:

"If the changes we fear be thus irresistible, what remains but to acquiesce with silence, as in the other insurmountable distresses of humanity? it remains that we retard what we cannot repel, that we palliate what we cannot cure. Life may be lengthened by care, though death cannot be ultimately defeated: tongues, like governments, have a natural tendency to degeneration; we have long preserved our constitution, let us make some struggles for our language."Johnson: Preface to the Dictionary

I do not, however, share his pessimism, and will, for my part, speak the English I grew up with, not the upstart new-speak of the chattering drivelling classes.