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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
0 X9 j) X0 y4 Y6 jbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
! H+ ]- L R0 Y; P. P) }, |3 \the other possibility.: A; d* w- m6 |: ]
: q5 c3 u/ r7 gAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
+ U: N4 i, ?, k, Y; j. _spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
" V0 a8 }+ P7 n7 b" a$ u9 }plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"./ L. I# x: q2 F+ Z9 y+ c8 G& l5 T
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make& v2 T2 i! Q8 P( a+ i6 }
the sivil servants jump with joy., H2 C K; O1 b5 W0 z1 J
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
, d+ N9 E) U2 `* Z4 ~( ^2 K2 xkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
' s; y7 |; c6 m8 dtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
+ t4 c! J( \2 Q {* O0 bfotograf 20% shorter.
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0 |# k& K5 M& ^' u4 h- KIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
+ L8 L+ p6 L W! }reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible." ^8 F+ |( |1 C4 k$ b" X1 D/ F
! j ?5 x- C5 i$ m& hGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
: m, {9 C8 Z. fben 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- _+ S, y" x* a4 l, X
disgrasful and it should go away.4 F: n. y( Z( n5 _2 \8 m
4 c5 y- v5 G% r' ]& p% }By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
/ T- l: N0 ~* n- x"z" and "w" with "v".. g2 c/ F" T1 ?0 q- S
- c1 k; a7 O3 d/ @During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
' ]0 a# t" O' \8 |; E2 Q* |after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.; r( b/ \4 r- v8 T
o! K- F5 T. _2 o M: q# LZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu4 a" ?& `; `* |5 ?( B- e* `$ S
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.6 [) ?1 T& j4 M" {, Q
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze. o, e% h6 x" F6 o0 P
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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