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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will8 A, k: L+ ]2 B- U$ i1 ?
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was, h+ G+ H( P) c7 v$ p& o* j
the other possibility.2 v$ V8 ]7 |+ W0 s a
" W; \1 x5 H0 i+ k2 aAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English7 V J' m1 c8 e# ~% `
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
2 z; l) `7 T& O6 G+ n$ F) s$ G6 Lplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".& x# S. S- L# F) O3 n q
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up9 ]" u' G: K0 G' g
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter. x; f) i( ~7 J4 e
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7 U8 W/ `) x" c5 T/ o- x5 Z! GThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the* t: M3 j7 j8 x
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
8 _4 O7 J7 _, `1 cfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to _3 |% L( J! u
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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7 n" v- g1 b5 X8 uGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always0 i5 s, c9 ?. x
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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& X- ]- R% }5 mAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is, B( W2 n9 R5 c3 Q
disgrasful and it should go away.
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% F( t; g3 N1 v( [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. [/ q: W! ~/ u# d0 D' I
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
" X7 }( L) K- I( W2 Qunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
I9 q1 C3 b! FUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze P/ J ?4 ^) ?
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( E$ L* x" V5 A8 V" j6 _If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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