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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will8 P O1 Q! L7 J5 d V
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
) {9 B4 H& T) W! l! j) L' athe other possibility.! e9 o( [. T2 x3 y4 L+ I
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English2 `: X; n: w+ }9 d" V
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in; l: {5 p0 o& D: \
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".2 T2 p; p d2 x3 Y6 w' N# d( U
# @7 {2 y2 V' i/ z. e w% oIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make+ a9 k6 n' L) E
the sivil servants jump with joy.& p5 S# M! f& c4 T& p7 q4 h# ?( }
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up0 d, j; `4 V1 t! v) G2 k' B
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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4 X! P6 o( u& p: n4 BThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the. L4 f. `( e2 k9 y' u
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like# O! P0 u+ o4 m7 F+ l% E: h
fotograf 20% shorter.! W# l- `3 s( D% u! a
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
2 k4 G+ M4 g6 u: W. o: M5 h3 Y1 D8 Rreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.; Q" h9 d5 n' v {0 P2 o9 h5 J4 {
2 F) q5 T% v. C# E, q5 hGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always4 P9 j; I3 q) Z; o' M6 v7 Q
ben 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
1 T6 \/ P" C8 ^! f% Qdisgrasful and it should go away.
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+ P0 R( b- L4 N: tBy 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) E4 r5 @+ `+ i" N
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu2 Y; Q4 E1 ^6 c+ v! g& j
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.8 W' N/ ^ N, `
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze/ P, k: Y/ ^ ]1 E6 ^
forst plas.% k/ W+ U5 a/ T# L4 I6 E) _* [ f
( S% k9 h. g8 C7 wIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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