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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will8 H3 o0 [$ K) p# U$ N, @0 K. f$ v
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was( J, F5 D( t( @8 w: M* W q+ V
the other possibility.% \' D1 k! i b
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English& F1 n4 |4 I, [4 F3 f
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
1 b# y4 s$ j+ X" p0 wplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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8 S7 Z1 {7 n+ N5 i9 lIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
: i9 e$ _6 j5 n3 Y1 {8 qthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up+ X6 o( d1 s r/ `1 T+ {
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.5 J% b- {, A. f5 U/ z
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
3 O! ?3 B f. z- |( Jtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like5 a" J: U1 _, M0 a
fotograf 20% shorter.
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9 r6 z2 n# ~5 @0 TIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to. H1 v$ f% Z$ |' k4 E" N
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible./ u: A/ ]% S+ a% d/ Q( z$ I' m
2 }3 @, x+ K& i# O& JGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always# Y' Z0 u: n# f$ b. ]
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
! y; _- S9 T5 O+ T' c# }4 }disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with9 c% p0 `5 j# ?) r
"z" and "w" with "v".4 K# @: P2 N4 m P. Q
1 z' |, G: m) q- tDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and2 Z, n3 C7 |, f7 `0 Q" [
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl. J' a1 u2 g! [ w7 s
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
3 v8 C- |9 b* a9 yunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
$ L5 l) r0 \" z; m# P! f3 N, NUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze. P# k9 y$ w; W7 v/ G8 R* U; N
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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