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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will& U3 s3 l8 [8 ^ s2 A& z
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( v# E! s1 `$ S+ M1 C7 q/ }
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
+ o5 B; U. {0 a" o) Z3 F8 ~: f Cplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make8 w/ E) {7 o1 a
the sivil servants jump with joy.) D( Q [6 o3 E' v r+ R9 i" f# \
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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 the
2 v( g& f8 k+ o, N2 btroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
" f' H. i9 Y; _) ?2 v8 e: F0 Dfotograf 20% shorter.% c: N; \% `* @3 ~. s
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to ^( p& @! B8 q7 w6 Q {0 v
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
) L8 D. h& X, u" ]* Iben 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
0 L5 Y4 U# X0 Ldisgrasful and it should go away.
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& b/ u& v* P1 b$ Q3 w8 ^) S6 o5 C& GBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with8 V1 j# X, L2 p( h b* ?' P
"z" and "w" with "v".
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5 y8 k7 t! j7 q, K& GDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
" |1 A) V0 Q4 e4 A% Iafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.% h0 T) f* p- k b! U$ J8 B
8 L) g# r% ?9 {' FZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
. O1 E! F+ ] K2 t& l2 w' d# d% y- r6 @understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
3 ^ [2 T- k" R- s( yUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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p r- l4 Y# I/ B& lIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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