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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
! } ~( [- U& S1 C. {0 G. ]) dbe 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
6 X3 L1 X7 s( wspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
* U# Y. A2 r: x7 r$ _plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".; }& F' ^8 T1 r
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
! Q0 q7 u& e J# U% ?- Q% Qthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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1 M- q$ x! S( ^6 [( T2 UThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up. h6 E3 A% Z) `9 D Y' p
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
3 B3 @/ u4 E! @1 y5 {& Utroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like ~$ d; B4 T# Z+ t* h6 h {
fotograf 20% shorter.
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) x& m. T) g7 y+ ?# \8 _In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to& O9 ~. f2 }% T0 c' t, }0 X3 y
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.1 u* h7 Q$ X2 O4 j
1 P; L$ T% e! ^0 y9 q- y8 PGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always7 s. N! b" D V3 T# G' g( g
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
4 }: C2 M6 ?( w' ~ ddisgrasful and it should go away.( g# H$ E! O% \' r4 p) N
! i. c( [- f; H* J, TBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with4 P& ]* {, f* A4 b5 Q4 I! }1 P
"z" and "w" with "v"./ l: C. Q* e0 w, b* S5 f! Z) o
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
+ a+ a% i4 u& Bafter 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
/ O. d9 N3 u/ @3 dunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
) P: }' R8 A& ]7 t# S1 xUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze+ Q5 M* I4 J3 e( p& Y- B5 x, r
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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