: I agree completely that language_changes_and that those changes are
: initially deemed incorrect, or 'common usage', but that they tend to be
: simlified forms or less complex is, IMHO, not true. Urban american
: dialects, for example, are extremely complex in syntax, multiple meanings,
: and the extreme number of cultural references used. Not dissin' anyone,
: jus' tryin' to get the 411 on the web; Dude :^)
This problem of increasing complexity has drawn attention of the Language
Committee of the European Community, and the following changes were proposed:
"The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be
the official language of the EU 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 5-year phase-in plan
that would be known as 'EuroEnglish'.
In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the
sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in favor of the "k".
This should klear up konfusion and keyboards kan have one less letter.
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome
"ph" will be replased with the "f'. This will make words like "fotograf' 20%
shorter.
In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach
the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will
enkourage
the removal of double letters, which have always ben adeterent to akurate
speling.
Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of the silent "e"s in the language is
disgraseful, and they should go away.
By the 4th year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z"
and "w" with "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 wil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubls or
difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech ozer.
ZE DREM VIL FINALl KUM TRU!! And zen ve vil take over ze vorld!!"
H@nz
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