I didn't mean for that to sound so Arbitrary.
I read a lot and also watch many Educational Television shows and often can't cite sources...
But many Linguists say that several characteristics of English—The lack of Gender forms of the word "
The", the difference between Object and Subject usually determined by word order rather than word endings, no formal and informal address...
And a score of things that I now forget...
All indicated to them that spoken or sub-vocalized English parallels actual human thought processes closer than any other mainline language.
The beginning language student will note that many languages "
Backward Talk", but the cult of Relativism convinces him that this is just his idiosyncratic perception.
No, in all probability many other languages actually do Backwards Talk.
So far as offending other Cultures:
We need to have the Moral Courage to look them in the eye and say, "Y'all really need to scrap your backward ways and adopt ours."
.....RVM45
