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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will6 ]' F/ f- S. Y3 j
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was: U8 j. L7 U+ W0 ?- c7 O
the other possibility.! T7 ^9 A: v u9 v: |
4 [; Q4 v4 u& v, v8 f8 ]As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
m$ G* q1 z; T5 R. f. p/ Pspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in6 \4 d6 o1 X( q" _
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish". S( s6 O4 x1 |2 d0 |1 r* @9 I
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make) h; I, D, r+ ? V) R; d! p
the sivil servants jump with joy.2 t+ O7 T0 w& d
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
1 h4 y* M( m! x, L7 ykonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.( E5 {( Y/ c- ?* C) m
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the) L" K; X O+ o" L9 N
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like1 r8 K0 I7 A( ~2 ?! |6 d
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to# H2 \& o* {1 z7 J1 u
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.; s3 J5 l* {9 }. c
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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$ N; I: C5 C, S$ IAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
f4 o5 f/ J/ D1 edisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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& ]! @; w3 t3 l, \5 ?- BDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and. F. V/ c; o8 K } }
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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9 q" K: L7 X$ V( E/ tZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
1 e$ x2 [( l: i4 ^2 Ounderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
+ `- ], p3 z" R' r+ _! b5 NUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze7 \- {$ s4 i- x' z
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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