Ella shows how language not only represents strings of letters and words, but how meaning and the substance of a society can be lost when some words are lost. Without “D,” it is more difficult to express religious sentiments without being able to mention “God.” History is threatened as well, as Ella notes, since the suffix “-ed” will prevent people from referencing anything that’s happened in the past tense. Thus, the Nollopians’ past is threatened—as well as its future.