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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
6 {/ I0 {6 h& H" L) z9 _7 Obe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was( r& _8 ^6 v7 e% I
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English4 M% \- g$ u/ B" f6 L: x
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in1 ]1 y4 G' s% W/ E- E1 u
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make1 U) g: R6 H/ m& x# X- A
the sivil servants jump with joy.& S- M2 ]! M% C) @ u
3 R3 J- l v k% r8 SThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
; n/ Z( s) r& D* d3 l% Y& Tkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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5 @* m6 ]3 ]" }1 DThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
; e+ |, V/ ?6 ?( ]; rtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to: u0 Q; [0 `8 R, Y& e# 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$ t8 n4 k) s: w2 v# o+ @; Z; E
ben 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/ ]' ~4 Y/ [3 }/ h* s6 ^0 n1 X1 b
disgrasful and it should go away.% {0 p/ V( a9 Q2 j& f# p+ G7 q
1 }; ?; ?" J2 y1 @8 VBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with$ W! j% [; T2 B0 C$ z2 ~
"z" and "w" with "v".7 f B7 o( m- u; a0 @9 X
4 n0 y$ O) ]6 h7 k% |During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and J/ L6 u2 x* r( c) a+ x
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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5 W% @, Z+ n6 x+ D) YZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
7 r) V2 j8 e* T9 B$ xunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.: ^' a4 K9 o# H1 |; k' G
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze! h- G( Y* e) ^4 F, c& S" `
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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