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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
' p2 d& ]. ~ Wbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was9 X9 j# B2 G- |4 y4 v$ B5 V. Y! W% b
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English9 W9 N1 O s" w; o: L
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in6 N0 F- ]; F! z1 j' S: x
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".2 {) r. X% z& }
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
8 U; t. h7 ]! b) T" \$ qthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up3 e) Q/ m& {6 f( ?9 ^
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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! s7 o! Z" S4 Z8 iThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the+ B7 r) h6 D8 m0 o. |& q
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
9 y; [+ P4 ?5 U5 q) s% i- [fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to9 W% r3 U7 m$ b
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.1 I7 _$ p( s+ f% _# F ]( N$ B
. }* X/ @- P z1 ~8 PGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always/ {1 P5 `( I* M$ ~: p7 {7 E5 W8 S3 I8 K
ben a deterent to akurate speling.3 r, u3 u Y& q2 F' n1 U5 F2 H
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is' o2 T6 Q, k- S$ j3 p- S" @4 y# }
disgrasful and it should go away.
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% h1 i7 I. V* G$ T9 G7 N* V9 gBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with) a5 ]" d9 x t' R; P5 q
"z" and "w" with "v".1 }) I6 ?* @: B6 Y$ g R
+ B: P& p @/ ^: J* M- TDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
/ `! Z% ]' v2 r mafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.( |8 L9 R% _5 c2 E* k
2 W0 g3 P( v* V- r0 A WZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
! S- x0 Z2 b6 J. Xunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru., [* Q5 }2 e/ B' s7 L
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze- _( B" t# t; u* G4 e" s5 J9 P
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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