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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will* L& h- n3 K4 ?) L5 q
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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n( o' w+ O. Y3 y3 g3 eAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
4 }/ D( e9 w2 V% ?spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
/ s, b) x$ i. O. V! mplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
9 u1 w3 \7 j- O' W, athe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
, e- s+ M7 g( n7 K) N1 Z- Okonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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5 X. w9 M i% |! g' pThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
9 Z, V- Q6 E. M2 H) Vtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like; r! L1 C/ V% i; T
fotograf 20% shorter.8 z8 t1 s4 T5 B/ X8 B# y$ K" ~
8 Q- b# B8 H; b, gIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
& K: c0 w6 N3 e; z4 Yreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible., B- q1 M3 ?3 Q9 y4 x7 j
2 O! B. W; B# u, F n0 w8 D1 p( t: wGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
& z) w: ^# n* g! 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 is1 L9 N2 ^; {3 i* h* C; J
disgrasful and it should go away.0 D' w( Q& T. }( r& M
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with* d# C( k( _6 ~+ q T
"z" and "w" with "v".$ Z7 R, c& D9 A1 Q. `. L
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
2 m8 S4 k( K. q3 Y! rafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.' M8 V" a& b+ b6 [7 |2 j: @$ E
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu4 y- W2 Y7 c/ l9 H- u1 u; z0 Q* z! ~; `
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.3 m0 y' d7 D$ u* u5 ?
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze( P1 [$ i4 B% {9 ?0 R4 v
forst plas.
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7 C0 a" d* x! k" M4 l# [# |" OIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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