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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will0 w8 j A2 R# Y2 k- _6 H" ^) {
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was7 m' B8 j/ w8 l, |5 d8 t7 H9 G
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
8 [$ ?5 B3 K1 \7 r) uspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
" C7 Q" S7 D9 I- G |9 U; N9 g% x8 p nplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".4 k w4 r8 J4 J y
3 A* P) ~+ K6 v9 M* D {* EIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make4 V9 c. m0 e x; f. L
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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" X( v3 n2 u5 I& B1 _3 rThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
& a, X, b% U4 r$ L, t. K# ?" S& @0 Akonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.8 S% m, S2 R$ t" n1 ?9 H
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the" t6 B+ _( P2 Z0 n8 x
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like2 {2 `) c- S$ S6 D0 C" D d
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to! s: C+ C0 u. ^9 z
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.$ M1 Z) V# R* ^5 R- k' c, H1 h. J: n
2 E/ X' [/ h" h: l) L8 q3 _8 e- ]Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
" K. K- C* J8 x$ l. Kben a deterent to akurate speling.5 @; [% M0 } V; u1 q0 h" @0 |
* [9 K% @# H9 r6 i( @/ ?Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
) O$ ]1 M, q& F, `7 N. `8 p3 D- Ddisgrasful and it should go away." a& H/ F+ Q* R7 y- Y4 E; X3 ]: T5 t
! g% C% _( q2 P+ q: X2 oBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and% q* x9 p! ?+ N
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl. x* P% }* V! C% E+ t6 s6 E, V% Q
) K8 `! {4 I) j: G# T; w" l& ^Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu# R% |5 ]/ A8 h: N6 U: s# T
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
( S3 `% O- j6 L6 M# j' y8 \Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
7 k4 g. M3 \/ V. U/ z- eforst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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