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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will; b! u3 A, B/ u
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was" Q4 B* h' X) W3 o) H# e# E) \
the other possibility.% g4 O9 b6 k- h a6 [
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English y+ [7 D2 O1 x6 @3 q* ~. K" J
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
) o% Z5 i5 ]% x. J4 |, D( V jplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
. N" D. J( B! r0 P- }8 R+ Pthe sivil servants jump with joy.6 J8 o6 l q8 Y# N
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
$ b; o, _0 O' X! C# Dkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.5 }& |0 \( B% ~' Z8 C. f% c
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the5 m) s9 f/ L1 Z$ k: h/ o8 R
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like& K3 m# q5 Q) y
fotograf 20% shorter.
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/ R( J. Q' N$ `! SIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to c( D+ s' P, {# P& H
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.) r& A0 K! b) {: A' u
8 c s/ i0 a' a% p: W6 `% oGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
2 Y, ]6 _4 ]( M0 C( y/ W; q/ xben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is% h8 P6 Q/ F7 y! }3 N( k- s
disgrasful and it should go away.% w5 j2 p% \9 N- t6 J( [
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with C/ F" z/ Y4 c" ?7 n
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
8 g5 K% A' l6 j5 e, zafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.2 E1 ~$ I; x. J& |" U0 {
9 B) S( y/ d7 r3 v6 bZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
9 ]2 N+ j! m3 t. }9 [4 r/ B- `3 Punderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.8 |: G9 `! b; C* k$ R1 o' y
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze: r9 `/ z- }0 h9 ] t( w. a" I9 U
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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