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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
, S r0 r6 C- Ube the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
, L6 [- U9 K2 K7 q2 t% mthe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English; z6 Y4 n# b; ~4 o
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
( @, S* G3 n% m7 hplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".& ?( w1 \3 V1 ]$ E/ a
/ F8 j* q ` j9 y1 S7 NIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
7 Q7 S# E ]6 M" F' N' f7 E" j( M8 qthe sivil servants jump with joy.; s4 T; v1 u+ Q6 v
+ I( ]4 H/ ]3 v; \( V) iThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
, {/ D0 J7 j2 k8 A W0 Fkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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+ D0 R, Z9 p+ N; M, w9 LThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
' _7 N1 c* w0 ]! x4 X* _1 T' B/ @troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like5 m" j( h; f8 [ o$ s5 C" l) j3 q
fotograf 20% shorter.
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$ N7 s% c; a+ }7 R/ xIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to& q: Y% H4 k- Q! ]. t8 H [
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.) w5 A" F' z. ?+ k
1 U) T8 M; x' ]Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
( n- \: o: ^1 lben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is1 f2 Z4 _8 _. c3 g
disgrasful and it should go away.- z- I! G9 t) n _0 b0 ]: t
7 {$ V" y7 Z( T- v0 C+ JBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with5 Y) A$ _# u4 k, G
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
, s8 U7 E( `' ~0 M* nafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.- v( \5 l W; D. \6 [ l+ M" m
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu( u" r( N8 @) d8 A. v( d" r" T" [
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
# W% [' p \9 l& a, p5 IUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze# Q, D7 s& ?8 L
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2 ]/ c. k+ D V/ P. K7 }If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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