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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will: R# P* q5 T) x) L; d6 h
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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9 }! H, k- j' u2 J& h2 t+ J$ D; X+ lAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
$ x* D5 i' h* ^! X) qspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in8 m) k2 g. _' s2 w2 M
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make' u* {0 H& J/ k' ^5 k) b
the sivil servants jump with joy.# c: V1 @; S+ L) A
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
; V; g# y2 J) e. g+ h% U; Jkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.0 ^+ }- t/ g- ~5 n, R
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$ t- a) ? d( j3 G6 B9 i7 aThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
6 `2 x( K# a: i, _troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like) V7 q9 h2 L. D0 R j
fotograf 20% shorter.$ m# J4 W. Q' @6 F; u
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
' x5 z& f6 p2 f( ^reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.& `1 Y. I( N0 k! ]! g, J# J3 r
( W* N+ V" G) m& LGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always5 A) @' D7 l3 V3 \9 i
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is) `9 v# Z5 J1 {/ A
disgrasful and it should go away.
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; A9 A& l3 e" Y4 gBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with' R) j1 e* w* f
"z" and "w" with "v".0 ^7 s" E: c* j! P
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and& F6 P I7 y' J$ J8 z7 P- y# ^2 B- T+ D
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu/ R. O6 V5 B2 s( c; d
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.5 R) F5 t, H4 ?: W3 Q
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze; b$ h9 Y @5 R% G6 M/ v( m$ v( B
forst plas.5 s- h. T( ]! @. m
1 H) j# d: F! c! n7 ?' pIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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