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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
! a* R" Y$ l) u; Ybe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was8 \* o- k# A2 C' b
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
5 h3 {: a. U. J3 g+ mspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
7 Z9 i& l! Q8 { t( r& n; xplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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7 o" ]5 p. c; f$ }# D& ZIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make6 H! M7 ]/ K7 }* c" n
the sivil servants jump with joy.$ w! Z4 u% ?4 i% W3 H- J0 [% B, F6 [
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
3 z+ r% e% l% m! o* Tkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
, N3 i' V7 f9 J' h- Atroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like. [- V; j% J' W2 w. ]2 V" x
fotograf 20% shorter.3 L2 Y. C1 B9 K# h$ y( b& G" q; k; @* e
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
/ T( Q3 j$ D( y1 U: J' x8 {reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.& y/ N# ?% y5 G8 J
6 n" d; R0 }2 t9 t. \9 A- q5 _, xGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always" C1 C2 J& z8 j$ d+ H: E8 ^
ben a deterent to akurate speling.5 q, d$ m% p; m s+ r4 ` o
& H3 O6 w x+ C9 DAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is7 X3 S5 f9 k) b
disgrasful and it should go away.
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1 F/ f. B3 f2 }5 C7 V E) o% CBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with+ |, a F ~- m6 J P: E! C
"z" and "w" with "v".
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0 o% V( I: e# W5 gDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and, L) s# W" v# }9 E0 |3 }
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.; [3 ~) i. r K, g7 U" L% ~
4 ?8 S @4 e( T' x6 G% _6 S& i4 [Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
+ K( ~1 o( C) ]" u( s, z3 ]7 Zunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.- [7 E. N% I% m3 c9 P( c2 A0 b- o
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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9 T: S/ q _: ?. G7 {0 a8 fIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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