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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
! T! f, E9 e. V( T& Wbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was! z# x" S( ?$ R7 E3 Q& E
the other possibility.3 Y" [7 b6 E( \) `" H/ k2 _; |- ?
9 b7 l) K! C; j( L: d* m9 {+ HAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English5 L. i6 P* x: X9 E s: k/ s
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
2 q, T6 z% I* ~9 h Dplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make, A+ b& F, [' w0 V
the sivil servants jump with joy., _" ^- o, G6 T) z; ^
) D0 ]3 K# c5 R) ~- Z5 IThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up* L$ j# [5 ?7 [1 z
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the0 m: |. M9 i/ b& j
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
) a5 L/ k/ D( Y$ Qfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to& e$ G3 H/ F0 R9 n. f" l/ C7 w* w
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.: L' @- U' B( I% U$ I7 X
6 c' Z1 ]+ B0 p, T) jGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
; \ p5 C, |0 m5 f' D3 ?5 Lben a deterent to akurate speling.
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/ D4 R9 x2 v5 Y0 `( \Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
# i& T5 k9 p$ ~$ V4 Sdisgrasful and it should go away.8 l9 B3 h A" D
2 |) c' H' Q: |- zBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and, c6 c7 Q+ E- L) n) {% d
after 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
2 u& o/ P! a) d. W5 t8 P/ C1 @+ ?! Eunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.0 h# J$ _4 N) s9 f1 m6 C8 ?* [5 }( s
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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* t4 u8 B1 Z2 S9 k, mIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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