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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will0 G! @) |. b. t
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
, v. D6 D3 @: m" J6 v9 cthe other possibility.7 f. ]% Y6 }. w: ~
5 |, a; y g1 Q* n: ~1 ?& y% oAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
3 ]0 `) w ]9 T$ E$ Vspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
9 f8 @: U5 x- ?5 V* \5 `/ k$ xplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".$ R; E b5 m/ P% w' |
0 k: N3 F6 d" a, w! i& zIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make( r: _ X# U% F7 [& V3 b3 Q
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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, d i0 \& p8 a( j* P' nThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
- l6 O# k0 X2 h2 o3 g/ gkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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1 d$ ]& x7 \7 I$ Q# s+ \There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the! u( v" s! g# R' {. _
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
2 U' M! [1 f7 I, T( Gfotograf 20% shorter.+ ~0 m9 @/ ~7 z: J/ `
/ @ Y9 M$ V/ u# T0 pIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
7 Y+ c" u9 e6 g3 Q9 R: l7 Vreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always% e* w" A9 m2 B e* e9 K, L7 n
ben a deterent to akurate speling.; M' _2 ~, f) K
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
3 A* G+ x( {0 idisgrasful and it should go away.1 {6 ^: O; t ~* m6 \3 C; h! Q& b
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with0 q* u% L- w: n9 h# H0 _. {
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
: ^0 c F, V1 Z+ d- `after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.1 K7 v6 P7 d6 w5 w2 V1 |' R
* ?$ h/ C% T. _# X! QZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu7 h3 Z( @2 m, z( w% O w5 i
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.) t, W0 h, f5 s: q
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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+ L* w8 K2 H" O6 j0 E9 W7 _8 c! CIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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