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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
* g! ^' }8 W4 ?+ r4 J! K! q+ Wbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
6 d& |3 u5 ~, |/ fthe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English5 J+ Q0 I4 [4 T, R
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
0 z' R) [ R, s. s* X5 U9 ~" rplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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0 `( f, g: _) I7 WIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
% Y0 z- z8 U% m" s, _% h% e+ nthe sivil servants jump with joy.: R6 k. S4 d2 J* S9 R o* ^7 H Y8 ]
0 i) Q2 H/ v& Z5 b- kThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up4 w. B( N8 ^" x! g
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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* |6 w9 j& h1 X" N0 m% XThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
! ]4 K, K% Y+ x" x* b/ Wtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like+ ?( ? J$ n. `# H e2 T! o
fotograf 20% shorter.5 n! ?$ y/ }0 m: \& ~' y+ ]
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to+ }8 E4 w' U2 G- L
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.1 E2 V5 o# {8 t% x
0 J0 ]6 e( v. S0 V) }% O" dGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
! ]2 s9 J( H) o1 Z* a# sben 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
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with l( F+ ^0 J0 Z$ r9 o$ m- N. D
"z" and "w" with "v".2 b: {/ H9 v0 O
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
! T* t( R6 s. r# C, bafter 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
7 d3 I. ^& h4 dunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
1 l0 k6 g: L" }4 I7 ~1 U- FUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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