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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will. r1 Q: e D( Q: m; [% {3 X
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was J+ L a5 Y& |$ r- v9 f7 K S
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
! {4 @; m# ~9 S/ f- aspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in; o2 x# M7 L. F( b1 q
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& t4 o' ?3 x$ E1 w" o
the sivil servants jump with joy.* {; |! T* v* X, {- g
# n# ?' l7 A: WThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up' h$ C' F& F. p3 ?6 s
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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/ \) \) |" {* u1 SThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the- x4 C. }5 B4 i* C
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like4 T G ?8 I8 V( d$ r2 m& {
fotograf 20% shorter.. |; R- @- q/ V
8 C' j# j3 X- rIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to' I5 V* f1 v2 k- V! A: L
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.) _+ W" z4 \" Y& {# p+ B
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always- X" L: c( m/ @& }" T. z5 p
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& V- V6 _5 K/ ~- _7 b
disgrasful and it should go away.
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; {9 f: Y8 n( @; o2 b9 b. G" E# X' yBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
, }! w; j$ E ~1 _' z; |after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.7 C6 s3 @+ ^% Q% o
9 i8 z' _& Z' j p& r1 q! }4 pZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
?1 l1 [. k: Nunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.( f s# y' C9 V
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze2 p) n8 ] a" I6 w* d: V8 P/ G
forst plas.
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% c, N! ^! f' m! X3 o( vIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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