"Can a Barcelona truck driver be expected to speak like a Buenos Aires banker? Can rules be imposed on a language spoken by 400 million people stretching from Madrid to Manila? The academic overseers of the language of Cervantes have taken an ambitious stab at it, unveiling their first Spanish grammar guidelines in nearly 80 years. The fruit of their toil is a nearly 4,000-page tome in two volumes presented Thursday, with yet another to come out next year. It was produced by the Spanish Royal Academy and 21 sister organizations in Latin America and other countries where Spanish is spoken, such as the United States and the Philippines, and has taken them 11 years to compile." - Shannon Jiménez

One need only look at the Commonwealth and its break-away colonies to see just how possible it is :D - Victor Ganata

The article makes it sound more like they're documenting the language and making recommendations about best grammar practices. Which sounds cool. Now when is someone going to do a major spelling reform in English so that we can spell it like we pronounce it and make it easier for children and foreigners to learn? nite > night lite > light etc. - Spidra Webster

"Okay everybody, start preparing now because we're going to undergo another Great Vowel Shift on March 21st, 2011. Those who use old vowel pronunciations after that date will not be understood." - Kevin Fox

LOL @ Kevin - Shannon Jiménez