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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will8 E2 r# t! K( L% x- `
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was! [1 ^% U. K2 Z
the other possibility.
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3 T r! X8 y4 y0 `8 z1 G0 [As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English& {0 ^9 {) A8 m; O; a
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
; m$ }4 Y& Z3 b0 a: Dplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".6 C8 z, s' m6 W
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make Q+ k1 o$ x! O; a: v$ f$ g
the sivil servants jump with joy.' R# ?* D' C/ B
1 e0 R# ?$ o4 `% O, V+ m3 FThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
' r5 j% R' h3 h9 fkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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3 ?: V- \9 c7 G4 [5 vThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the, `! w2 j7 G9 J; d2 z" [: a# |
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
+ H" I5 q e2 s+ N9 x, C' z' o* Ffotograf 20% shorter.8 G2 o$ Q1 F" d a3 q K% V
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
6 L+ _' w0 s1 s, s4 C: vreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.$ J3 U: r6 ?# Z3 E& G. s
1 i6 H7 s. q/ KGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always- a( z$ J1 U5 G" K% R) K
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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+ Y! \( U) n+ S- d3 }/ vAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is7 n8 [+ J0 L- c" J. Z) H9 N
disgrasful and it should go away.& T1 a5 Q+ a* g6 K' e
9 a6 ~& B7 ^! T" h: ]By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with& O5 X0 i' p2 ]% N
"z" and "w" with "v".
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# G, S( A2 ^' t) k" rDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
( h+ r% X! x6 [% g. Oafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.1 l3 y7 S8 I2 G8 O( {
! l! j0 k7 j3 @! B9 h6 KZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu! @7 ~/ P/ w$ @' K: Z7 m O, k5 V% B
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
7 O) a( a3 V( @7 y% @& m# S7 A& }0 }/ dUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze0 K1 t. |( }6 P: G* X" G3 D! Z: L5 F0 q
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% D, b4 h, L, ~7 l$ S" \. _If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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