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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will9 R4 @! k) B# l) Y
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
9 O% {$ Z, F/ z" }the other possibility.- E% y7 a" o6 `$ J
5 L9 H: s3 F& d Y5 J3 H$ e5 \9 fAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English. a/ X! Z X7 H% s
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in: y3 g! Y: F/ k) A* _9 r% D
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make9 [6 L$ o5 v7 H; G! i* C
the sivil servants jump with joy. {0 M4 l, l/ `+ M( `3 W! c
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
& F* o% V' d) d5 K, G; k/ i5 Dkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
' s% N5 j! ?" x% Ktroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like! H0 C+ F/ Q j, S" D
fotograf 20% shorter.3 U: a8 R c) }! g/ u$ `
9 |- }* W/ b( c" r; qIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
4 D# M( b- Z `reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.) Q8 O, V- @$ {4 P- k
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
5 ?" o- u% ?8 Y# B- cben a deterent to akurate speling.4 R0 A" q( A T; v
8 E. |. }3 i5 d8 D9 [4 z+ }2 S2 zAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is, l" X3 B# l& C
disgrasful and it should go away.6 j. X& U6 A$ g, f- ?
# ]6 Q) w5 o, w8 dBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
( v: P6 P% D) z( M"z" and "w" with "v".. ]: M: R# ?9 Z$ m5 s2 R" g, u, v
& K6 K' U0 ^4 E& z4 M, ADuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and( | K& Z8 x% \
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
: F, N- e0 m- A+ |. P, bunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
3 e8 g* ?0 Z- D" vUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze3 Z3 O4 I0 ^( V
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$ S0 h# G+ {+ j# s r/ Z1 @' _" eIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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