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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
) y6 h8 \0 f. I/ @- Jbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was) [) G n: l: T- I
the other possibility.
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) O. W. E9 {3 SAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English0 v. e8 ]4 | x$ s2 q! F
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
4 U5 Q) M( q7 u* Xplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"., ], `% h% m; f6 j% R9 `" y
8 R) i9 r6 E% @& c0 [In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
' t# H. P# @* U' \$ H4 ethe sivil servants jump with joy.3 s! e7 @1 i6 Y7 x5 i( `. _2 }
9 i& {- r, p( U2 u: a6 U! ?The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
1 o, P" R% ?0 n& U' E) rkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.6 x$ f+ l. \: e7 z8 m* T$ I
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1 U" U2 W" Z; r3 x* YThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
3 R% Y% B8 ?9 Etroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like. [# ~: t- d' G1 S! Y' S
fotograf 20% shorter.1 m3 q( F- M6 @! _ a) O
: U( R+ t# u3 n, _& qIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
9 J8 g' L1 [5 Creach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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% x1 H$ q; a1 r8 h* J( pGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always" @5 G5 D' @, z1 n7 d
ben a deterent to akurate speling.6 d, \. A8 t: G2 m
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is+ L! e p% E/ G+ o- _' j# {
disgrasful and it should go away.: ~% h: \9 g; j: Z1 l, V
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with/ H+ X8 p8 M8 v7 ]- U
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and8 I* {: L* k% u: ~! L2 h
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl." `+ P A# }- R! E+ H) o: s
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu7 ~ h$ W$ W" \, f% a
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.4 g+ f* ~6 Y' O: [4 r
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze7 Z* G* V9 o% `3 _
forst plas.
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5 S0 {3 c" w2 BIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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