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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will: [+ N6 [. U% }6 I N
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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# J2 a- t# A2 hAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
( ~# @# q C3 l. a) `' E& w5 o+ E& Rspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in8 }. h) S4 T7 H' R8 Z L- h
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make, c- [' l5 R: u8 A4 l
the sivil servants jump with joy.5 T9 c6 o# Z0 }, C/ x
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up- Y1 `6 o; z w6 E) e# M+ i9 U
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter./ `' O i$ C- \7 l9 s% Y" d
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) J. X5 a' r3 S/ t# gThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the3 E" R8 ~( z9 p$ J
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
F; f- E6 ` S1 I- {4 bfotograf 20% shorter.
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5 S# \: @8 A7 t! m' o2 Y7 YIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to4 L" |/ O9 Y% y, J9 y" F% y5 |' t
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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7 n- P3 w5 R, k9 @Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always# n0 K" R5 @) j5 A x- j. K
ben a deterent to akurate speling.$ c- Y; k2 B( A; C
8 n6 L+ c7 Y! U; UAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is6 N( m' }/ F) l, s
disgrasful and it should go away.
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: g1 u; ]8 H$ q& E# \9 V3 NBy 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
8 }% f2 [" v* n- C8 gafter 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 tu2 P$ S2 r$ z; z/ J9 y1 m8 `! t3 h' W
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
y2 c4 R" s$ [0 e/ R7 q. ^6 g* p* rUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze0 O, [# }. [8 Q) d0 u! i& N
forst plas.
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( m* Y% f% e% E$ c2 M( MIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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