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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will! L% g: Y" T! S/ q7 e( j
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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% F/ y' N; _+ V6 u# Y% xAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English- I+ D; o1 K' |$ R1 d/ B4 S
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
( Q M" l0 g2 zplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make" H5 D* D1 |( b" g* v- n! x
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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+ t/ V5 o6 x. Y- S0 u$ qThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up7 c# j2 V5 A) _* L0 }4 s% J7 A% d! v
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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8 e1 F' Q3 [9 [/ B6 c8 K" x& ?There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
7 [% o0 p2 w, |0 A' |troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
, t2 t S8 c. `4 b* Q- Mfotograf 20% shorter.
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- H) }( E. r- ]: N9 i @4 q# RIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
. N6 J5 i) r/ u0 Y/ z- P0 \reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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' Y% M6 w% E7 D2 ]8 y1 S' AGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always. ^* x7 R# D/ g! M! Y
ben a deterent to akurate speling.1 i0 }. ], L" r" `( |
6 s+ @4 c( o; e4 {3 E- f2 QAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is6 Q9 N, }+ C( O6 G t* C
disgrasful and it should go away.4 |, C* x. `( _, P4 F
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with( }5 x4 k2 A- P: u7 x+ u! t, N9 f
"z" and "w" with "v".+ J& _7 h% c' v9 }- c( M
% n. _% i4 y( [( M! DDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
0 h6 m, {1 x0 c7 @0 _/ y4 Mafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.' D* B: d+ a& C0 Z, C
4 m" ]" u) N5 j* G8 l6 X) i0 `Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu( K5 ] G E; A8 l
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
2 W2 B# o# B/ v D, x! e7 vUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze; t5 q& M8 R7 h+ w4 K% V
forst plas.
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$ P3 W( T6 E2 OIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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