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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
& c. C. m; v5 N' f0 B* cbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
0 J2 P5 E+ ?( h; I; k2 R& A; ~8 Kthe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English+ p+ X, G, J! B$ \8 M1 R
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in: n L5 a. a& P, `7 C. ?
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"." x! \; N: I$ J0 u2 u/ A1 p' a. j) `
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
* E8 w# V, l5 a* v7 i. H2 Athe sivil servants jump with joy.: e- } p. R/ ?) P) h5 ~, y j
' O, ?7 z. s$ y. W' e! E- x- mThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
1 [7 T5 m0 d, M, p$ Dkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.. [& F) i6 m9 g
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( d% d5 s+ f# VThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
' X( b% y \& N h8 Ctroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like% X, w- m }. q3 i
fotograf 20% shorter.2 r2 O8 ?# x- X$ P3 N" g
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to0 R' }. B: h) d7 Z
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.: L6 R3 x2 l" ]0 `2 B* a
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
N: U5 M& X& l2 z+ z2 g8 P6 yben a deterent to akurate speling.
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7 U. Q7 |. f5 YAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
* O; Y) z0 j8 edisgrasful and it should go away.# G& r" @# h1 @: @4 g" }* _
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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2 w; P+ M0 c+ L( l* D: P' RDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and4 ^) }$ ]. C) I# n9 P2 _
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl. Z( g* u ~# H2 o: b! l+ v
3 s4 p( u6 O/ a# x& }Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu, J E% Z' W4 j7 o! P
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
0 j/ a4 J, h! n4 u4 PUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze/ E$ B% V. M) i9 g( s
forst plas.
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g% X" M" c: s D' O7 U4 ?* UIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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