Non-native English speaker writers

Come one come all! The awkward title of the club says it all: a dire need of brushing up this tangle of dialects which the British, Americans, Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders, Hindus, South Africans and everyone else and his aunt insist on calling "English".

Observation 1: English is an anthropocentric language. Human characteristics are projected without any consideration for divisions between the categories of nature. Thus we get not the base, but the 'foot' of the hill or the mountain. Likewise, roads have 'shoulders', as do mountains; tunnels have 'lips', 'mouths', as do caves; waves 'lap'; flames 'lick'; etc.

Observation 2: Modern English is still based to a large extent on pre-industrial and early industrial Britain which was concentrating on making wool related products among other things. Thus we get 'tangled' situations, 'unravelling' of plots, the 'thread' of the conversation, or of thoughts, and stuffski.