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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
; r7 H! K. q* v7 \; i; F# ibe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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5 N7 z" Y9 j8 T S* U. U) R' uAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English$ N6 N2 \2 m2 f0 b+ s
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
3 ^0 M! v: _ y3 S2 W5 q5 Cplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".. q& }# j' I# W$ ]5 h; E6 H& x6 b
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make: I9 h& U* E2 I
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
* R/ \! O: w' z% [+ n$ K rkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
* j1 V q. \, q7 R9 K. n3 h. J$ `troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like, Z; ?- B7 R1 O6 f" O2 ]3 L
fotograf 20% shorter.9 D6 ?4 h9 V0 n( ]5 ? l
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to% l2 t+ V5 d1 V& i$ ~' C' x5 a' S+ {
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.) H% o) ]) ?1 Z" B( Q: B
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always5 Y: u4 c g# ?9 w
ben a deterent to akurate speling.$ A2 h. C3 O/ e' ~7 C* K
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
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c8 i. W, P( ?" z ~! \+ RBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with& z! N* x( {' {# V* N8 Y9 G
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and( Y5 L+ U) h' E1 e
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.# {8 T; |; T2 z, K+ z
* d/ `3 M9 r% ?( p' OZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
3 i! T# b* k' u# y3 lunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.# V" V) D! Z8 P! z0 V- F( I
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze" m# L$ Y* t4 Q" i+ k7 B- D( U
forst plas.
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L* O( g- H, O6 e7 g; o4 RIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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