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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will: N5 R1 P6 }' a& \$ o# } z: o( m
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was$ q+ X6 N, {4 S; ~' x' @
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English# Q4 l3 ^$ k% ^4 S3 v) `
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
7 w! k; |& A% @5 Hplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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" D) ~% _0 i) RIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make% r3 E' K. w4 p; V# v
the sivil servants jump with joy.7 t+ h7 b5 ^( R7 J; b$ n5 u
7 g* O# N" B ?: W# kThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
5 E0 O3 N+ S0 Y. m* bkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.$ Q( |8 i* M$ p) s" ]3 p
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the' \9 w5 {+ _0 a4 l* F; n
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
x- r1 h# w9 a; Qreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.- Y$ H/ b* ~2 v
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always" |% a/ A' s3 v' n. O4 o( p: U
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
2 |9 V) c3 G% hdisgrasful and it should go away.* R) w" J; {; I1 _8 `
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with( k# j4 w) F' f
"z" and "w" with "v".9 L$ d, p6 r/ o8 T
0 e# R" M9 g- C4 RDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and" ^9 R. f; g9 R5 K4 Q" h
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl." O; t- @" }5 t: O: V
/ \: [. H" ~1 ~Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
, X7 g5 _" X5 @3 eunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.2 Q1 X" L/ s; r/ i' x, W( M. p1 [
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze% V! _$ ~9 i; I
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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