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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
: [0 B; o8 t- _$ b! qbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
5 r8 o7 U9 ]4 c2 o& `6 K5 c9 Zthe other possibility.& r1 {; F) U5 ?8 h$ _4 x
0 Q" J9 t) h" D0 t! SAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
; G# @. [; T! Q: gspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
4 P& O9 O" @! }) G$ D+ P! c) qplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".0 W& q6 V( F( m9 b( Y4 T
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
4 n. x$ K- n! n E+ f4 g8 q' |$ N! othe sivil servants jump with joy.9 n0 \4 F; g7 V0 O& D
! d; P' J+ x1 NThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
; m7 I- A; L$ E! d) g. \konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.- `3 Z8 v7 \% [
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
* j. I x0 n8 w* v, A( z* c, P! N8 jtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like3 a" I; t7 b1 v: x! R
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
( m" H' E% p) i( J8 ~reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.+ ^) S" h! @6 F/ ]3 ]; f: I1 u: D
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always i# A) P7 g6 k g {$ ?( F P, X
ben a deterent to akurate speling.; j. M) o' B6 l( p
/ `) ^# ?- G& `$ gAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
( Q/ A( e: ]; S1 L. q9 B0 }disgrasful and it should go away.
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5 Q8 j: j9 ^) v. o. }* aBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
8 G3 Z; ?9 J$ ~6 o6 C"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and" ~1 [9 l5 q$ M6 m. n6 T' V% k
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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0 V* U) l E. A! a6 k& HZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu) b% O2 T+ T, Y! H
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
8 f( h4 h, F$ T+ _Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze& P$ S. x' Y7 _' Q% E+ F) v, S
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- F. N6 I) b- {: RIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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