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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will3 `8 }5 \; z) M- K
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
( @8 H1 e3 P+ [4 \; `+ B3 ~+ Ithe other possibility.
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3 r( q: B5 R, ?6 d9 s f5 kAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
* @: S- k7 `: t( D4 h# jspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in( o/ t5 O& l& E" K; e- o+ m
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".% u" \8 w* `! W" G4 x9 Z9 c
: E+ l$ G( J" p1 M9 \, yIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make9 V$ v1 }5 N, h( |2 H! G( }+ o
the sivil servants jump with joy.5 |3 @8 y% ]* |# z9 r( h
3 j+ D& j2 T8 ?5 Y: s/ ?, b) XThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up6 V, J( V4 `4 l' k) A: e, u" K$ l
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
! l9 t) {5 t! A: \6 Y7 E5 l9 I8 }troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
8 a. J% O, n$ z# }- Gfotograf 20% shorter.5 t3 @$ u2 c( a) n9 j
8 Z' T3 V6 @. R# T; r- PIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to$ @1 ?- u4 K* }
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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+ o a0 N# ]' s9 c0 uGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always S; S$ [: T) V! e$ ~6 S) m5 E$ N
ben a deterent to akurate speling.7 m7 A- }5 Y( f1 ~7 i9 z
$ u( r/ B! t% H8 I4 q* [, a, u; ^2 WAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
/ f3 j3 R, a) A& Mdisgrasful and it should go away.
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- N4 E8 t- p R/ P' KBy 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) w7 M2 z4 G2 Z4 T2 P
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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3 y2 k2 x! b+ O; @Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
. M) m9 F& M9 ^7 }- Cunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
! R( @- h% ~. J, mUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze9 o Y$ O7 x- f# b
forst plas.
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1 [+ L# T5 u* M. dIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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