En, just a quickie - the only day name which has survived in about its original pronunciation would be "Sunday". "Wednesday" should really be "Wotan's Day". Should we revert, since our current pronunciation is obviously wrong? ;-)

The "he/him" thing I'll agree on. English does have an acceptable form - "one" - but that seems to have fallen out of favour at about the same time as the feminists had their fit about "he" applying to a person generally. Work that one out!

But it's all quite a strange argument anyway, since everyone knows that the spoken and written forms of English are different. A formal document, for example, shouldn't have abbreviations such as "isn't" or "I'm". Speaking naturally, no-one hesitates to say "me and Jim". And Bill Bryson describes a Southern woman telling him "you makes the square", meaning "you drive around the square" - you'll not find that usage in the dictionary!

Grab.