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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will6 }/ a/ a. E$ I$ V
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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4 E: q. L! J; |/ P# jAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English1 B, V2 G! U6 e3 I
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in4 t1 @: k. x, @+ n
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"." j& Z! q) k/ z
3 |, m' m# \- z1 VIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
5 }5 Q x# C' h$ [6 Q+ W' Q4 r/ Qthe sivil servants jump with joy.! ]& J2 `5 G" d
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up8 a) F3 s" s* C4 _
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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# F9 @/ K1 L4 \3 v0 t) VThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the+ L7 l; k9 C4 J
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like# C: t0 G; f% p- p; ^
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to8 }+ \! y; `% x( ~
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.! x5 f' l/ X/ O9 [# X% U
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
7 G, W8 p' L3 Pben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is( M: q5 D* w$ L% U4 J
disgrasful and it should go away.* ]. A! N* m/ l8 G
. v% b7 Z$ Y" ?9 G% A, i' R; X9 GBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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1 v( b$ T# r- BDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
" b0 C( v8 r b- cafter 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" q( j4 }; t8 j5 Z
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru. s$ w) {( [! g7 `: L- V
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze, K! K' G9 y: t* W7 b5 I) k
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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