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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will- n1 v/ c* f" @; ~
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
, _. \, U) w& c% o3 @3 }) s3 a$ Ispelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
8 t) q3 E/ P3 j* yplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".9 ]- M$ \) _9 V: o
0 n4 b L( ]+ t0 ZIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make' n; V3 O# `. U. W# {4 \9 i
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the1 S& X6 [, g$ X4 Y
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like% W0 w& d% u/ ]! L
fotograf 20% shorter.
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) @) \! ^( D( ~& I9 N; h; xIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to' Q" b2 E: K& u+ d
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible., \8 a0 Y, \$ @3 z! ]( U8 ~1 D
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always- p/ y' n1 N0 H. O* {0 ~
ben a deterent to akurate speling.9 c# Q4 Z( w0 n# {" ]" |; J
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is5 ?5 u9 ]7 _& X; z8 J' F8 g
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with. D7 W" n. ^% A
"z" and "w" with "v"., ?4 P. `6 s) K8 K& d
* D4 k$ i8 C& D O; K- wDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and5 M/ ?1 I0 r5 }* h' ~: ~
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.' J9 L, ` x7 G6 y) h0 `- A
, B4 A6 I8 T5 y3 B3 ]: MZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu9 }7 v. D- V) I T8 Z! g; W# K9 c
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
" n: [, A4 H7 I' n: x- mUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze, Z9 ]' s; [5 ~3 q) u: i# X
forst plas.$ {0 @: A( A' P( V8 m _& ~
z* C" @2 N X5 _" _6 IIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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