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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
( U! b, q& g: g( } r1 abe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
. u1 f* H8 W' Kthe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
7 n( ?$ m1 m* R( d" y- p3 _: e7 {* fspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in, o7 T3 w M. D! p' k$ d
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".$ f) E8 V, c6 a. Q6 i$ w: s
- W4 D0 R4 U5 [; M' UIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
- N9 Z7 E( l$ A5 C% E( Sthe sivil servants jump with joy.# h7 N- H5 V0 _" o9 V) }
! b2 `- p- e2 X9 uThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
1 ?3 p, C, G! H- ~; bkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.# r3 p6 y- M& o) ~( ?+ Z+ ~5 R" B
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
: p: c* }' f8 q* K: ztroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like/ ]" t- }% d( E5 e( Q
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to7 u( Q' u- ]) n2 F
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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# J/ m; x9 Z2 e% }Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
7 Y: Q' g$ O3 Z8 \ben a deterent to akurate speling.; k7 @! q. \( h! Y
; v0 Q+ {4 o! x8 h# BAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
) ], F" W4 I2 n; Wdisgrasful and it should go away.
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( G& u3 ~2 u; M) ~By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with' H' K# `$ v( z& [, F; K( i
"z" and "w" with "v".
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( G: ^; A; c' b) a4 W; B& {During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and9 g& x6 ^3 C7 W- j4 r
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.- x0 a6 h$ Y1 y ?9 j( ]
$ w( |5 J+ T5 A! D1 d' m. [+ @) vZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu( e( [# r! C/ q
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.3 B9 f! _3 O; G5 W, l* J; f
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze9 b6 V$ t5 p2 T g2 c: \1 a: Q
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0 u, F- e+ z/ j7 e# {( A3 OIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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