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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will. j6 v' C1 q) x7 T7 W; E% y* N
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was9 W1 N+ C" l. a* K5 m( k
the other possibility.9 Q. d: v! y' y5 K8 [
! O! Z/ A, s, d/ o; U3 r& JAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
" Y6 K3 R# B5 |; _# Jspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in/ |6 \% ~* t$ L3 g V& {( U
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish". @/ I# |, c6 B! ~, e1 v5 ^7 I
. s5 g; ~: U' x% HIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make f: T& j" ~- U% m
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up7 z" |5 G% w& c2 n; n$ k! S& S
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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7 |! V K# v P2 y' c; V: jThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the# @9 N# o- A& ~ @6 Y5 ^5 P8 f1 C
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like6 Z% B8 M9 h# B+ D( w0 }
fotograf 20% shorter.
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; W: r% a0 R$ e" c( bIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to3 n% h& F. L+ Y' U: p
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.6 T" M, g7 }4 F1 w( T2 C& w
6 ~: _" ^; m- j4 r5 _Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
, C9 P' }% t3 ]2 ?1 D" W3 r4 wben 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
) z7 ~- V& A3 d3 a/ K6 idisgrasful and it should go away.; |4 r7 x5 ?9 P6 a
# ~9 l& z% h4 U' s* c! M4 l j VBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with5 j7 ?% V: B5 h+ p& f
"z" and "w" with "v".) p4 w& j( U4 Q4 M" c% ]/ O6 S
* z4 W T) t) r7 `8 qDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and9 e7 o3 {: A. K' u( h
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.$ G* ?6 v2 ?( I3 ~ k9 j% Q
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu) A3 I& t2 r3 _* k" ^) l
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru./ }' F }9 @5 w- M
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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. r( }% G# V' s: B9 R) v6 hIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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