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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will' q/ ^' ]9 L& k$ z% B' d
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
. v: A6 \. K- {* t; C- c+ x6 ~+ rthe other possibility.
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0 R# G9 c) ^7 h0 q+ O4 i$ l# xAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English0 o1 i+ j' S) @ M
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in u( R# Y, t1 J8 Q6 D$ o* @& C8 r/ 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 make5 E% T+ o& s; a( K& C' d3 U
the sivil servants jump with joy., D/ m0 L7 \3 c [
: ?4 T) W; q& R' D+ ?' nThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
# w. [8 G$ B2 t( @ zkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
! {) v& h4 ]$ [+ M% o- e, Y- Dtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
, s/ f7 g; F& a$ b) I6 O* e" efotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
' T7 q* _9 p4 [( I; y6 Areach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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+ M$ i( z6 ^9 PGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always8 j+ M4 C2 z! B2 E* B; A
ben a deterent to akurate speling.9 \6 O" L! P0 x4 o k
) d' N% i* M+ f$ q1 m' ZAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
. S. N0 M4 f$ P& {, n$ q. Ndisgrasful and it should go away.
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+ |$ B& m7 _4 Y: F( v9 l: B+ i7 t+ FBy 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, _/ O" {6 E( R; m& E+ ~0 {
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.4 ~) `, w' e5 H, _2 ~
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
4 N7 ]4 L5 a7 r; f0 wunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
# W# V" c, _0 }) |; k/ Y# DUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze# T6 F! e8 _! O- q- k
forst plas.
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( y7 |% A" q0 l+ q$ v: OIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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