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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
+ M, w( q& s! C6 F& g# \be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
2 ?8 H8 H% v1 L/ N, t1 ~the other possibility.
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1 ^$ f8 w( a) v% { g7 TAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English% y h/ L1 N0 Q& R
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
. I4 u0 x1 u2 L h* ^plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".) G0 @$ @" z3 W/ y
1 q+ J. ?5 X& C. A( T4 o+ c. nIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
9 X3 s+ t; C3 f% X* c* Fthe sivil servants jump with joy.5 v* Z; u+ @' o- H+ v6 w" `
8 r- r$ H5 h$ C2 O! o' t- ^5 WThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
) s2 x2 e* U" ~3 y9 A+ nkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter./ N3 o! z7 p& x0 `
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
3 L* @" j/ Q9 A- L$ X9 H1 htroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
' L, H5 K6 X8 N3 N1 G$ V0 ^" R0 _fotograf 20% shorter.8 ?7 Q7 `+ B6 W! P% r* P: S5 V
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to8 ]/ i) D* n) y0 B7 A& z* ^
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always1 J, a2 N! R+ |* N5 U# V
ben a deterent to akurate speling.5 ]+ L/ S+ F$ r! e7 q) o" g: v6 {
8 O1 e9 } S5 L8 V' r# PAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
% b! k: J% N( o! C2 S: R! fdisgrasful and it should go away.$ w/ j7 v) y6 x, B, {' J" R* G
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with {4 x% P0 `$ W. _+ Y0 h% k
"z" and "w" with "v".
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" L. D; G: g$ U0 o0 u; uDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and% Q. c! c1 K1 [- q$ L: F7 H
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.& F5 Q1 I& _5 G/ A& L
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu0 S. o( P3 ?) r; }, R# ]
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
# Z: b. E! h7 V$ x2 t$ fUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze' L1 [2 H2 S+ x( }( l
forst plas.! p% w9 H8 C& f1 ]
8 D! K6 j4 A4 M% _If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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