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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will7 j2 J! }" S2 S. c% V$ g
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was( C( a# c J4 ^3 [/ C# {2 y
the other possibility.5 k$ b+ U. y6 J# X
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
n! S; p; W1 E$ _7 p7 aspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
) |# @* {1 B _- n: v: l# a3 gplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".. T; N: p! S2 r
: K: G* f- H8 `! {6 ~In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
" z! s1 r/ ~( E$ c, }& sthe sivil servants jump with joy.- R; a- x. a; w( C u! Q* k. g
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
& O8 D* m% I3 h( Akonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.- T5 q) b+ Y$ F0 Z
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( d7 Y7 R# n" R5 eThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the; R! x Y4 j+ P
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
! V# l5 p' d& O' s# _/ [fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to' h$ e8 r; Z: ^4 {
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
P9 t+ G* z' l0 u. ^ben a deterent to akurate speling.) k+ [7 }9 E0 K+ D% z
& o( q! r( k; o% W: y' J) qAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is7 u! U: ?2 @" ]8 ^0 \! O
disgrasful and it should go away.
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/ y% s& V/ X+ o( F( x7 y0 rBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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( ?8 s) g, m) Z9 ]% \6 O! x, s8 ?During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and& {+ r/ Z8 M G3 L+ O5 r
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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& @# ~+ [9 u) c& R/ H- Q" IZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
, O/ J* u- a: D5 ~0 E9 hunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.. V2 Q- E7 I5 a9 n3 @
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze1 {" @/ h" F1 r" z
forst plas.
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6 R( P: ]4 m' r) S! `* q! s" S- e/ YIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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