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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
# r: U0 w* K4 t# l* q4 jbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was: Y5 s3 V/ l- f& _* Y7 R
the other possibility.
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0 ?! n5 w1 L7 Z0 M' K- a. y% ]( xAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
1 q$ E% R9 y) \6 S/ Sspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
' `& j* t) y- Dplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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" `* N2 x5 `- N8 t) G6 oIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
$ o+ B7 Y8 q9 A# @" r+ Ethe sivil servants jump with joy.
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- I- b/ h, G7 ZThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up2 I$ y8 d6 q6 A# V5 Q* C$ I
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.$ Q6 ~7 Q# j( z
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
5 {, y! j0 g0 }* v- Y$ A9 S- Vtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like$ b+ |8 Z- W* O6 Z6 }1 L( }
fotograf 20% shorter.
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. f" d# W4 p( ?6 T# J& wIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to" { ^ x j/ |/ ~5 P
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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/ l' F. ~* J) M$ L* MGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is* Y# D* ^* Y, @( q8 o
disgrasful and it should go away.
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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& y. G( R* }" ]$ j9 Y/ M" ]
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.7 g- Q% z* C I( D4 l k. _
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
% x; X) W& H+ b9 B/ z$ M, l3 N. ]understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
; _# U* R A/ ]' @- ^# RUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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6 X& }( ^8 ~; c9 s; PIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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