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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
/ H0 }( f {" X2 t2 W. _' {$ sbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was! Z0 r% e/ c m# n/ M
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! v: I6 e( m6 b. L$ K- `5 `% gAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
2 O) C6 @" G% G) Ispelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in( S h, F7 Z/ \: m) _! X
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make) }3 x' W; q* A9 K/ D
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
' J5 q1 D% y8 k2 _konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.' _7 L, L6 Z4 p1 X: E8 ~+ M
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! N7 D- S# i4 OThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the" R/ m' B6 ^4 Y8 {, U
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like9 y/ k" B( Z% ?
fotograf 20% shorter.( G9 B" q1 ]6 o% d
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
) @+ L9 e1 D# D& B! ?: Freach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.& u# `9 _ y7 {- i# v" D
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is' h8 d. P! L r
disgrasful and it should go away.; `- I n1 Z& i
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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3 ]3 Q y+ W, V W H1 L0 DDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
' q9 ]" y* t& L2 K" Bafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.9 Q" f% h! r8 r9 W1 k( H2 K/ A
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu4 Z" R3 T6 A3 I
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
5 S1 I+ U$ l2 _( r' U* ]4 qUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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+ V- @4 P- H" H6 C BIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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