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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will. P7 s: o/ ]+ M+ o
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was1 f- d+ e9 T; B
the other possibility. W0 w/ t1 f% G3 i9 v5 t
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
) O6 }& Q: s$ F. \" B% z) sspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
. C* h" N4 x1 e5 V& B, oplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".$ ]( t- x" f5 G% E' H
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make( D7 ^" i! Z9 h, M" T* m/ M* l
the sivil servants jump with joy.2 v/ R: W+ h& w
7 Y5 p4 e' H$ K( V3 AThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up: {0 r2 U, j, e. i7 w% G/ r
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the; O- z. s8 w3 v- S$ B
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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, S9 W, o; }' ]6 f2 x- W# vIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
1 M. c% H/ d. Dreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.0 [" y. R/ u$ b( E. g9 {
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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9 m1 X: D, a6 B0 v5 s% GAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
& s, }- n6 N! {% Z4 h' O5 Sdisgrasful 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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3 z* f4 g" ~. g/ I# `During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
3 a! ]9 v' Z& x4 A& mafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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0 o0 w1 s& w& f9 |" |Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
9 A c! B7 j: u1 A% [understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.$ n! E9 y! ^, T5 q$ N d- i; p
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze" f6 F- c5 y2 e
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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