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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
3 ?- `* u! b, R5 r, g% C& n4 d- hbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
7 Y( @4 N6 l8 k) m) sthe other possibility. `2 ?6 F# ?1 t9 [6 M
/ O1 ~2 |# A' T1 k' q1 v1 s9 HAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
2 w& A$ A. R) {2 C2 kspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in. A2 H$ A1 J7 p) W- }
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".; O5 R; z' W3 M' I4 L# ^( u
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make( p, W/ s) s R: X) K1 y+ w
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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s5 j( h* X+ ]1 s. F% f' DThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up; |8 Q/ w# W7 V& G2 @
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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; C9 x3 f, Y8 SThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
# ~& x, J% j: x* z; \$ u( dtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
1 \$ @1 S7 G( Qfotograf 20% shorter.7 v2 x; W5 V- O6 \2 k ]2 Z
8 ~" E! Q8 @6 Z; UIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
- T3 @: J" L$ U% R- xreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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' O4 S& \8 V/ o+ K4 eGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always2 z, b% Z N# `" O4 h
ben a deterent to akurate speling.8 b$ T2 D: D7 [/ w' @
( k' D, ]! ^: E+ V$ {6 Z. Q( ?0 YAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
! m% C7 f) e4 Pdisgrasful and it should go away.# I5 L1 N/ V% V: M& |# d( L G" c
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By 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"and0 Y$ {! S1 x5 C; x( x: H$ I7 w
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.8 n2 L6 @% _8 {
2 i9 j4 x( ^/ Y9 BZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
4 s" Z9 g! C8 Y; E) \% s- B# j2 C, tunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru." B4 a( C* c% x/ b) ]
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze0 B6 w+ h: F t1 H3 d' {$ N
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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