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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will0 I9 P3 T7 Z$ h
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
! u8 ?2 t* c9 x uthe other possibility.
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0 j$ N" b) Z' }$ X+ EAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
; B9 P6 }* x+ H: R/ Q( A. l$ xspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
1 r* D y+ G$ F b/ R; Iplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".- M/ R+ z7 N; r. `; [: G
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make9 T( X) Q4 E. X8 A
the sivil servants jump with joy.0 c/ P6 R9 f5 v$ L' E
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
/ m% j8 A% `2 Z5 [' r- t, wkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.& o1 h% ] n; }
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the& R+ F: }, p. W, }
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like8 _( o; f- L8 E' t% ?
fotograf 20% shorter.
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+ J% ]% j& D% I" ]6 w" Y& [3 KIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to5 t, Q7 W9 L* r. v$ h' z$ L$ a
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.4 `' ~ C2 c) b. N+ }- c, J9 r- ]8 W
; G4 C/ z2 M _/ |; v) nGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
$ S6 A4 `8 i1 S: ]) X3 y1 @ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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$ H. q/ O" A6 D& [% KAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is( y# w& E! {' r' m& D' l
disgrasful and it should go away.3 S$ q8 E; ^ f- g6 I5 v
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with! A+ ?. e! X* @" r% Z6 q& u4 A4 O* W
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
# T( N/ l# N/ Oafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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% g" i. q4 m8 Y6 |& d! ?Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
- Z! j! j! ]- [4 H4 h* Kunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
5 p9 F5 N( r$ a( ]" M# x# ]2 x- CUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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& X ?7 X* k2 h( R( NIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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