Baby Talk
Whakum

    The term "Peekaboo" originally was an adjective to describe see-through fabric.  Now, however, it describes a childish game played with babies.  Parents, most frequently mothers, often resort to childish babble in an attempt to make their babies understand them.  Do they realize how much of an effect this has?  Terry Pratchett, in his Discworld novels, has an orangutan for a librarian.  Somehow he manages to make himself understood simply through the word "Ook."  If left unchecked, this is what baby talk will lead to.
    We teach our kids Baby Talk, and then English, maybe a foreign language or two.  Everyone's first language is the same, no matter what nationality, and it's only a matter of time before "Goo-goo" and "Ga-ga" take over the global market.
    Don't worry, though!  As long as I spout decent English nonsense to people everywhere, the language will survive.  Heck, I should write these essays in every language!  Excepting baby talk, of course.