Says Who

Wallace's article brought up many points throughout it that I have pondered many times myself. Not to meniton it was a decently funny article to read. I've sat and wondered numerous times, how does a language even get invented? For instance, who thought about calling a spoon, a spoon? or that a dog should be called a dog, instead of a barker since it barks. Just as Wallace brought up the point, who says what goes in the dictionary. We all run to the dictionary for answers about words, deffintions, and spelling, yet who even wrote it, or said that they're correct on what they put in? The people who wrote it are no different than any one else, minus the fact, they wrote a dictionary and that apperantly is like god. Also he brought up and discussed how English keeps changing over time for instance we dont use the word thou any more when refering to a person, we say "you." How did these changes come about? This whole langauge and who thinks of this stuff and how it gets to be set in stone as thats what the word will mean, really baffles me. Because when you think about it these people arent any different than you, or me. Theyre just people who apperanlty have a lot of pull in society. This essay almosts tempts me to make up my own word or phrase, start using it, and see if I can get people to start using it as well. Wish me luck!