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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will. U9 o( w" U! A, r; F6 D1 q
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English; M( F* X( ?+ ^2 @+ Q4 V
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in4 z1 ~ c4 b u1 W8 X0 }
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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7 k& [ X7 n" G* ~In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make, w5 f# Z5 X4 z8 O6 y+ |# A) H9 G
the sivil servants jump with joy.2 I! ^7 {) {9 n, d" @0 [
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up. }9 a! `2 z; ~# f- t* D
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter." m0 k, o% G( Z1 d. T7 |
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2 [; {( y+ J+ ^$ U: o6 I; wThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
( c- [5 {6 J) l# G& r7 [) stroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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$ O' q& L+ E. O" V; h! V: n% pIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to' J# l" R4 v! ^
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.- w- ?; j) Z3 a6 d+ I! ]1 J
2 m+ ?( r' y0 A4 C' ?7 |) ~4 YGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always6 B$ H z1 Q6 T( Q! @& @
ben 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
5 `! @5 P2 l3 M: sdisgrasful and it should go away.. `" P" f8 s# Q) q5 V+ Z
5 U& \( L1 n# c* b- Q: hBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with. Q+ O: w$ O2 l& |/ {5 J& b! I8 A5 F
"z" and "w" with "v".
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, C+ L8 l" }2 O5 c7 N9 R: fDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
' {" U/ a' r2 J, U% V, fafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
: W6 b) K7 `" H7 i8 ]understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.8 s' b8 R) Y* ^5 U* Q
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze$ u& ^" |0 J( o i
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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