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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will. z! ]) c; W. s6 k8 F! c
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
. h) {, U" C) F( i2 w' l) j0 xthe other possibility.
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1 R- N: K0 ~- o2 Z' hAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
& {/ R" x9 n0 n: x1 R; P% ospelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
7 X' { F, C9 l hplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
$ {9 j7 v) J9 m0 }5 w, O+ Bthe sivil servants jump with joy.* N: F9 q$ Q+ g, d
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up! i; y) }+ G% p( O/ `
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.9 x4 `) T' \! ^* F+ J; m$ ]" x
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the/ \- ?% ^8 R% O( [% {# c: n
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like E& \/ P7 \& [2 |) q
fotograf 20% shorter.
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( {( s) D P( s( u* o: t8 }( pIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
. w' J, W; b- N- \9 D; Yreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. V- V; l2 }# H& S% _8 W
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
7 k6 @2 x- ~+ |, Y6 jben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is9 F0 |4 M$ G4 L& t7 y
disgrasful and it should go away.* C5 A( F& a6 H- q5 u
' z6 V% G0 X- a; r V5 m2 dBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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+ R' K0 v9 m9 D3 r/ fDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
) n# n# g; E9 d% R7 p& o0 Kafter 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
T& w# y( n# {0 e8 sunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.- Q* U6 n5 k' ~+ P
Und 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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