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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
! N$ C; [: Z) K6 Gbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was: @, w! s1 t6 W1 I [
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
3 Y4 j- T( x; _; Ispelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
]1 F4 P# B% c# U' G7 pplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".5 e! G1 R) O# i+ o: z
$ K2 a' z& b0 v$ LIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make! b' M1 }6 ?$ r* e& l3 t
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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: \0 O( \3 X0 A: LThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
# d3 D: y' p1 H9 S/ ^6 k8 G! J/ x' Skonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
* M: v6 \# b7 |: Htroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like4 e- N" r" O7 V8 n8 z; l% ^5 P
fotograf 20% shorter.2 y( q$ m- g% a7 ?' C5 q
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
3 R; w7 d8 n2 |" Kreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
9 a X& G6 }- @3 n+ F; Y$ W- }+ e9 a7 xben a deterent to akurate speling.
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' {/ Q5 J4 R/ U( @" @& k( |Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is, H) u. A$ o/ ~1 Y, k) H+ J# b
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with/ Y) x( |2 {2 [& C
"z" and "w" with "v".
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4 h0 I0 h( P0 |. C; _0 l# [& zDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and) Z; s! X5 B0 d2 L- b' x5 e
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.2 ~) _7 R6 t' ~9 O. I
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu& g/ _4 s6 Y- U8 C, M6 X
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru." Z0 [+ ~5 \6 ]) O1 _& L
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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