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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will- g# l' W0 @8 y' l7 j( e- i
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was9 N0 O- I! ~% w9 a
the other possibility.
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3 T+ Z. r( U; x; d Y/ e5 f1 AAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
6 e: {0 n- J# Q- }! |spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
6 O. S8 p7 l4 A5 {2 N5 Aplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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3 F9 K, {7 G0 x* n! v. CIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
9 @$ j6 N2 k/ N+ B; ithe sivil servants jump with joy.
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' j* U, E) S' T" E" F# Z$ L. mThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
8 K9 I5 y) [- w) {konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the+ c) N4 y* ~3 L3 b5 @2 E. D: @
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
, U& ~9 ?( x$ _# i. d: Preach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.6 B% {6 V8 m, Y% h/ s
! \& p. m! P3 j: O) w: rGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always+ K4 O0 T! g" 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/ N; S, k" S7 i% ~% ]( s3 ~
disgrasful and it should go away.4 k& G% Y" c# B9 U7 [
X6 Y n' j. N' k5 u) x. vBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with3 w3 a/ e' a: ]0 E% C+ {* z+ E
"z" and "w" with "v".' z/ `# [% b' E2 K; D# B
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and! a9 ^7 w+ o3 g
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl., }1 m4 ?7 A' n7 E! ^
& c/ ~6 }8 C" S$ L' y4 LZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu0 f7 ?. @/ I0 a+ F2 O
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
) Q$ I9 |9 G9 o9 eUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze9 o6 _' y( y; G& o! G) f7 h
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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