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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
8 o0 ?, H9 [' s6 M' h+ Pbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was. A* |; e( p2 E' H
the other possibility.1 H" M# e4 L- h8 O y6 w! I! X% C3 x
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
" H& v% a( F$ G! K! Espelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
/ |9 }( ~, a, o3 w' rplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make$ |: w) u+ ?) L* K) x. l
the sivil servants jump with joy.) x8 ~( w6 ^* t7 p9 O
" W7 s& Z9 I6 ] i" aThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up- L) Y* i! m- Q/ |
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.5 E0 Y; d# v& k! o# S7 X0 U
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% s! z& p: Z8 e3 r& M8 JThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
) O7 d }. \/ f0 t& R) Rtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like0 f2 ]( _- n3 U. h3 P3 ~% l
fotograf 20% shorter.: M3 j7 W3 E/ O* n5 Z z
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to3 c$ z5 R, u3 r! u* S
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.5 o* Y' e* k: v( E% [
. H) x4 q% a' Q- XGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always# h& `+ x( U; d' Q5 a
ben a deterent to akurate speling.1 N9 u: m+ [9 M
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is& ?4 f. y7 _. l8 ~
disgrasful and it should go away.4 j, A) l: K5 k: D! Z2 v
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By 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' w1 r% T1 `7 \+ z( }0 L$ }1 I
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.5 W3 k# N9 [1 e
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
5 U/ _2 p' x6 M4 s; b/ {* M; Runderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.7 N# W/ l, A; P) t
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze0 [7 e( w2 D, k6 E y
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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