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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will3 y* l) v! P* r. A
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
; `* ^5 x( [% D( Athe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English: [/ o% p, Y* K: t) ?
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
2 ^$ S7 I% Y: T! D. ~' V' d7 E) fplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".7 s+ s+ t- J. M1 M0 r5 ~
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make& `7 ]: b4 t' Y5 A- L1 b" p; b" A
the sivil servants jump with joy.5 x( `% t3 b: |: X6 ^
- W, h5 S! t. [+ L# hThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up3 w) x+ |. o4 }3 \& t; ?! g
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.% w' q2 U! ~4 m# m! T3 [
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, U' h3 k% P A* q, G" vThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the9 Y7 o0 s0 t: N V5 ?/ a
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like( b* D% y& _; b0 I, P& R M; u- c
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
8 a( r8 s3 X+ C- Qreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
u3 q$ G: N: t1 f" e( f8 ]0 wben a deterent to akurate speling.8 d( y8 L: A J; m
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
6 I! L( X9 E2 ~& wdisgrasful and it should go away.
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, F# L# {" ]1 W. _4 M' kBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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6 T/ L! T) \ _! k% I$ {; P0 RDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and: k, M1 P- l6 P- j$ ?
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.. g4 z S5 ^/ h @0 N- r* Z i
: v$ @7 u0 o6 ] c5 C' mZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu/ o" f: \2 z! R9 b2 `8 g% r
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.. i1 I) k( f7 Q, o p) ?
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze6 s. V) A" x, P# X5 Q5 d6 W
forst plas.4 b- B1 G0 [& p( u0 Z6 _
8 L8 E$ m, C' Z- u m/ }! e7 eIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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