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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will$ a/ L6 [9 s: n4 r. G( Z! d0 z
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
+ @; E4 ]5 l. T5 ~( Q5 othe other possibility.
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( n4 {/ M' f! }- f* BAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English0 I4 E, l( N5 ^' b
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in% K5 n& A" V, X }" u% X. Y5 H& D
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
, b* C) _% L7 c/ I! I, tthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up. O1 P- W4 x4 X3 b
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.+ h! }) U" }2 N' W% \
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the' G4 N1 N! ^/ J F" I g7 X
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like+ k" t- {9 l9 z( f
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
! p/ s3 ^ V4 d- d8 q, [reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
- A: T) N* v3 j: q' kben a deterent to akurate speling.
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9 Y6 H5 m, L, X2 [Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is+ B" G" J. B1 \) A7 d# O
disgrasful and it should go away.' c, Q# A9 x# [0 L
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
c) w, z5 V! c4 L8 q" J1 O9 U"z" and "w" with "v".
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0 T3 n/ j( b0 }) _4 Y( _" g% E6 P7 a/ ]During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and/ N! z* Q U5 H( D P+ w) n
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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3 }1 H/ J. k+ D: ]3 sZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
$ z, L A, w5 c$ w$ C( H/ W) gunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
+ j/ S6 D' I( U' S7 D7 y$ ?( cUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze! p! H' n- A2 M5 K/ D2 k
forst plas.& J/ k1 \2 q2 T! ~% s1 E6 s
4 U" b; l4 H6 E0 R. r; U' j: Z- bIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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