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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will% K9 r3 x& f# ]; _
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was" H9 K* o0 I% @
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
0 R$ {' `5 I8 ?spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
) |( Y7 F" \, y* ~( t" @plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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& c8 E4 A* E8 VIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make9 _9 k! w. y7 o' Y1 f( ]4 j4 e
the sivil servants jump with joy.. J) y1 z0 i8 _
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
w0 S! e6 x tkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.' Y1 R. r3 ~7 k+ Q- U
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4 L& q0 \# ~1 bThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
# {% T9 c+ ]" w6 Ltroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like1 j* T7 Z' I1 D$ H9 j
fotograf 20% shorter.
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3 i o/ b* n% e4 G' f$ KIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
4 P0 j; D& v) X* |# l. B; Areach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.! {2 [5 w9 |# w3 R% A: ~
6 q$ \" L+ K' X, P! X5 aGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always# n G+ g' y/ s( u# O
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 is8 ?/ T# a& g: ^1 M$ J! S+ y
disgrasful and it should go away., p) A, c+ f# F7 C) l0 @. K; H3 ]/ e/ b
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with8 g# m( W2 Y9 n
"z" and "w" with "v".3 X. G. E7 l; Z
9 m' w4 b0 ?% yDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
" A" \+ f+ x' l+ m7 q; Cafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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& O# w% F/ K* MZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu9 B3 N# O4 Z' h5 C5 r
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.( J5 b; J6 o3 c8 `; ?5 S
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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) _: Y. }* T/ c3 y8 c. T! d1 hIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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