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Subject: New European Spelling, read and learn. (fwd)
The European Union commissioners have announced that
agreement has been reached to adopt English as the preferred
language for European communications, rather than German, which
was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, Her
Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling had some room
for improvement and has accepted a five-year phased plan for what
will be known as EuroEnglish (Euro for short). In the first year,
"s" will be used instead of the soft "c". Sertainly, sivil
servants will resieve this news with joy. Also, the hard "c" will
be replaced with "k". Not only will this klear up konfusion, but
typewriters kan have one less letter. There will be growing
publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome ph
will be replaced by "f'. This will make words like "fotograf" 20
per sent shorter. In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new
spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more
komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkorage the
removal of double letters, which have always ben a deterent to
akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of silent
"e"s in the languag is disgrasful, and they would go. By the
fourth year, peopI wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing
"th" by "z" and "w" by "v". During ze fifz year, ze unesesary "o"
kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou", and similar changes vud
of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters. After zis fifz
yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibi riten styl. Zer vil be no mor
trubils or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand
ech ozer. Ze drem vil finali kum tru.
00000000 53 75 62 6a 65 63 74 3a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |Subject: | 00000010 20 20 4e 65 77 20 45 75 72 6f 70 65 61 6e 20 53 | New European S| 00000020 70 65 6c 6c 69 6e 67 2c 20 72 65 61 64 20 61 6e |pelling, read an| 00000030 64 20 6c 65 61 72 6e 2e 20 28 66 77 64 29 0d 0a |d learn. (fwd)..| 00000040 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 20 54 68 65 20 45 75 72 |.... The Eur| 00000050 6f 70 65 61 6e 20 55 6e 69 6f 6e 20 63 6f 6d 6d |opean Union comm| 00000060 69 73 73 69 6f 6e 65 72 73 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 |issioners have a| 00000070 6e 6e 6f 75 6e 63 65 64 20 74 68 61 74 0d 0a 20 |nnounced that.. | 00000080 20 20 20 20 61 67 72 65 65 6d 65 6e 74 20 68 61 | agreement ha| 00000090 73 20 62 65 65 6e 20 72 65 61 63 68 65 64 20 74 |s been reached t| 000000a0 6f 20 61 64 6f 70 74 20 45 6e 67 6c 69 73 68 20 |o adopt English | 000000b0 61 73 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 65 66 65 72 72 65 64 |as the preferred| 000000c0 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 20 6c 61 6e 67 75 61 67 65 20 |.. language | 000000d0 66 6f 72 20 45 75 72 6f 70 65 61 6e 20 63 6f 6d |for European com| 000000e0 6d 75 6e 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 2c 20 72 61 74 |munications, rat| 000000f0 68 65 72 20 74 68 61 6e 20 47 65 72 6d 61 6e 2c |her than German,| 00000100 20 77 68 69 63 68 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 20 77 61 73 | which.. was| 00000110 20 74 68 65 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 70 6f 73 73 69 | the other possi| 00000120 62 69 6c 69 74 79 2e 20 41 73 20 70 61 72 74 20 |bility. As part | 00000130 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 67 6f 74 69 61 74 69 |of the negotiati| 00000140 6f 6e 73 2c 20 48 65 72 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 20 4d |ons, Her.. M| 00000150 61 6a 65 73 74 79 27 73 20 47 6f 76 65 72 6e 6d |ajesty's Governm| 00000160 65 6e 74 20 63 6f 6e 63 65 64 65 64 20 74 68 61 |ent conceded tha| 00000170 74 20 45 6e 67 6c 69 73 68 20 73 70 65 6c 6c 69 |t English spelli| 00000180 6e 67 20 68 61 64 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 72 6f 6f 6d |ng had some room| 00000190 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 20 66 6f 72 20 69 6d 70 72 6f |.. for impro| 000001a0 76 65 6d 65 6e 74 20 61 6e 64 20 68 61 73 20 61 |vement and has a| 000001b0 63 63 65 70 74 65 64 20 61 20 66 69 76 65 2d 79 |ccepted a five-y| 000001c0 65 61 72 20 70 68 61 73 65 64 20 70 6c 61 6e 20 |ear phased plan | 000001d0 66 6f 72 20 77 68 61 74 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 20 77 |for what.. w| 000001e0 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 6b 6e 6f 77 6e 20 61 73 20 |ill be known as | 000001f0 45 75 72 6f 45 6e 67 6c 69 73 68 20 28 45 75 72 |EuroEnglish (Eur| 00000200 6f 20 66 6f 72 20 73 68 6f 72 74 29 2e 20 49 6e |o for short). 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Not only w| 000002d0 69 6c 6c 20 74 68 69 73 20 6b 6c 65 61 72 20 75 |ill this klear u| 000002e0 70 20 6b 6f 6e 66 75 73 69 6f 6e 2c 20 62 75 74 |p konfusion, but| 000002f0 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 20 74 79 70 65 77 72 69 74 65 |.. typewrite| 00000300 72 73 20 6b 61 6e 20 68 61 76 65 20 6f 6e 65 20 |rs kan have one | 00000310 6c 65 73 73 20 6c 65 74 74 65 72 2e 20 54 68 65 |less letter. The| 00000320 72 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 67 72 6f 77 69 |re will be growi| 00000330 6e 67 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 20 70 75 62 6c 69 6b 20 |ng.. publik | 00000340 65 6e 74 68 75 73 69 61 73 6d 20 69 6e 20 74 68 |enthusiasm in th| 00000350 65 20 73 65 6b 6f 6e 64 20 79 65 61 72 2c 20 77 |e sekond year, w| 00000360 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 74 72 6f 75 62 6c 65 73 |hen the troubles| 00000370 6f 6d 65 20 70 68 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 20 77 69 6c |ome ph.. wil| 00000380 6c 20 62 65 20 72 65 70 6c 61 63 65 64 20 62 79 |l be replaced by| 00000390 20 22 66 27 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 | "f'. 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