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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will- k! a- i* \, ^, c C* X7 @
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was( D. ?4 k7 U* n. V
the other possibility.+ T/ A/ }, f" Y
% }, |- ]& r, NAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English) w% a2 Q( Z- [
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in4 q1 A& H1 h) i4 }9 h9 N. M
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".- G1 A" v1 F0 R7 m
+ w/ s h) x: J4 ?2 K2 }9 ]In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
4 c% T3 L4 N% Z/ i- {4 n/ Zthe sivil servants jump with joy.3 G! e" v( I* V
! Q& ]1 v2 t+ E! ]/ G1 W) h( bThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
* X$ @2 ?' P$ o4 t0 G6 ?konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.) e3 j# W( F" c7 N; k
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
/ p1 n4 F$ Z& K% ]$ wtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
+ V+ j; `, X' ifotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to j, o. v4 w4 W3 {+ R; h
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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9 l; B( m( q+ V3 p7 [Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always3 e5 R w- }: E
ben a deterent to akurate speling." u& E9 f4 |; X D9 ~
' O6 X2 @3 r/ B( i$ VAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is% g! Y- ^; _$ g# T4 v
disgrasful and it should go away.- u: l+ w. K, }1 {
8 o7 H; L2 v( p8 W1 t0 K; D) J( }By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with6 o/ i' ?+ V5 S! Q3 j! l
"z" and "w" with "v".
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# F8 }! l4 k' O, P% @7 SDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and5 a: H2 m$ F2 K/ w, \
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.+ A. Y+ X) X, W# z& u
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
2 `3 v# l0 V8 L) cunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.5 ~6 C5 e, D0 X6 e
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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9 e' B2 Q/ i! f" F, c7 g/ ]5 t' xIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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