I beg you, constabulary, fuzz, pigs and heelers, to listen to the better angels of your nature. For I am a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. I am lighter than Plautus. I am more earnest than Seneca. I am wise. I am a fool. I wear clothes. I run naked down your street. I am every opposite, action and reaction. I am the stream. I am the bubbles. I am the froth. I am the walrus.
If you understood any of this you are wearing a straightjacket and probably listening to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzHtm1jhL4
As a native speaker of English [ I also know a smattering of Chinese] I have reached the conclusion that the English language fails to make new words when they are sorely needed.
For instance let's consider the 1990's. It was the last analog decade in human history. At its start fireworks were let off by hand, as they had been done for 1000's of years. At its end fireworks were set off by wireless internet. The home also changed. Prior to the 90's it was rare to work from home. Apart from eccentric writers and dressmakers the worker did the daily commute to work. But now when I listened to the Peter day program on BBC a week ago about self-run "microbusinesses" this has surely changed. Thus I come to my point. It's no longer a world where there is a home and there is a workplace and never the twain shall meet.
Thus we need a new word for this "home" where people work from it. We need a new word for this "home worker". Indeed, Peter Day in that program tried to name this new microbusiness worker from home. Their best attempt was artisan such as someone who uses a home 3d printer to sell plushies etc.
I would say to anyone who is learning English as a second langauge and hears the usual spiel from their ESL teacher that English is great, has some many words blah blah...English isn't all that it cracks up to be.