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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
9 @. v" i6 X( E0 ?be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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/ n/ F% S! ^0 F3 xAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
3 h) U# \/ l4 C1 E" A/ @" zspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
/ y! m: w, w# M$ Vplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
- E2 a2 y: d, p4 k6 Vthe sivil servants jump with joy.2 M2 R$ g0 z. p5 [0 Z2 P* p
% c o) B9 E2 ]; f! G/ h' \/ vThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up4 z1 f& h! i6 w! U% X4 n
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the, e2 Y+ K) E3 m1 d
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like& k: _: {) G. a* k) p8 N m
fotograf 20% shorter.- o& [/ p. l5 @+ u/ T7 M9 i2 O
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to" n0 |5 }6 h0 c# |3 g/ `
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.0 U4 Z/ M# n( ^
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
6 A' O4 B$ j- b- T; ]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
" c! ~& n" t( Q6 c/ x7 ldisgrasful and it should go away.6 ^. p! Q: L6 _2 K
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By 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
* E: Z' M& \9 K) N( yafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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) r a9 r1 q* j# {3 l6 @- fZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu9 K* C& W1 G- _+ ]: F: }
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.5 a( C3 x* [ n. A x
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze6 @) D3 h, ~# u& L3 R
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8 v5 _) J' U5 K" ~0 d; xIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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