The Independent: English to be spoken by half of the world's population within 10 years

The Independent reports that by 2015, half of the world’s population will be speaking English and that languages such as French will eventually fade away. What they don’t mention, and what I guess will happen, is that the English spoken by the world won’t be the English we know today. It will be a bastardized version of the language, influenced by technology (SMS, Email, etc) and the cultural melting-pot it will emanate from. I just hope the annoying habit of replacing the letter S with a Z in order to sound cool doesn’t make it into this Neo English.