Having chosen English as the preferred language in the EEC, the European
Parliament has commissioned a feasibility study in ways of
improving
efficiency in communications between Government departments.
European officials have often pointed out that English spelling
is
unnecessarily difficult - for example, cough, plough, rough,
through and
thorough. What is clearly needed is a phased programme of
changes to
iron out these anomalies. The programme would, of course,
be
administered by a committee staff at top level by participating
nations.
In the first year, for example, the committee would suggest
using 's'
instead of the soft 'c'. Sertainly, sivil servants in all
sities would
resieve this news with joy. Then the hard 'c' could be replaced
by 'k'
sinse both letters are pronounsed alike. Not only would this
klear up
konfusion in the minds of klerikal workers, but typewriters
kould be
made with one less letter.
There would be growing enthusiasm when in the sekond year,
it kould be
announsed that the troublesome 'ph' would henseforth be written
'f'.
This would make words like 'fotograf' twenty per sent shorter
in print.
In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan
be expekted
to reash the stage where more komplikated shanges are possible.
Governments would enkourage the removal of double letters
which have
always been a deterent to akurate speling.
We would al agre that the horible mes of silent 'e's in the
languag is
disgrasful. Therefor we kould drop thes and kontinu to read
and writ as
though nothing had hapend. By this tim it would be four years
sins the
skem began and peopl would be reseptive to steps sutsh as
replasing 'th'
by 'z'. Perhaps zen ze funktion of 'w' kould be taken on by
'v', vitsh
is, after al, half a 'w'. Shortly after zis, ze unesesary
'o kould be
dropd from words kontaining 'ou'. Similar arguments vud of
kors be aplid
to ozer kombinations of leters.
Kontinuing zis proses yer after yer, ve vud eventuli hav a
reli sensibl
riten styl. After tventi yers zer vud be no mor trubls, difikultis
and
evrivun vud fin it ezi tu understand ech ozer. Ze drems of
the Guvermnt
vud finali hav kum tru.