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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
. \3 _; ]4 o' R8 ube the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
8 y9 i J1 I0 N3 r, X- Uthe other possibility.. V* O# z" a$ N
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English! e& F3 p% x& H3 I8 o5 O
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in$ ~+ J. a" ~! I' B7 S6 P, N
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".4 i t- z M4 ~7 I' k6 Y
* i8 a7 s- M# ~# E8 VIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make( Y& l# z( ~4 @% D2 E
the sivil servants jump with joy.0 t7 u+ A9 d" l3 S$ _( d* C3 t
' ?" b& E/ }6 q+ T; X8 {The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up; I8 n, r3 ]' C0 `' r
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.* l; Z6 O& q3 R2 t1 y$ Y4 z: ?$ w' b$ J
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the' ?! l+ c5 l* o& k: M
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
2 M- u* a' X) Qfotograf 20% shorter.- [! E8 P! a1 ^" ?2 x2 [ A! S- y
0 A+ O) {! l4 A- f- d7 J2 Z6 D. U EIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to2 [# I2 ], R: D8 x
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.3 K5 a8 u* Y4 ?) t+ y2 L1 S, K
; r" u% a5 K) Q0 X4 j; RGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
) X0 d4 F8 E: M% H' q5 a4 zben a deterent to akurate speling.
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( ?# |0 x. ~# [ u6 j0 j, k9 SAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
. K! j2 `3 B, r7 tdisgrasful and it should go away.
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6 Q1 X: @7 C% {; F: }+ D( {By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
8 z! A% H( C7 b0 D8 ?5 ~"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
3 \: t$ \( j% j" [2 v1 @+ ?after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.5 B ]$ J" W4 b
' ^9 l" {# |. G# mZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
1 y( x$ u& i/ i! E! [understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
2 R5 i. P( q: Q0 z% a' OUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze( G0 G$ e5 [3 a2 }
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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