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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will9 D1 M6 t! Z$ K" H
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was" F( D6 |1 p$ n, P: [/ n6 \
the other possibility.
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) V4 X$ Q4 P1 `% i0 U( T! ?0 O C1 ~As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
& l3 H% c8 x0 ~: f/ n. F- ^. Aspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
: i+ g8 ~) ~2 X) Dplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".! [, y4 {7 ?% v" {- a! x
& y: i; I; ?$ ? e" kIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make" i: E4 [7 w5 s( x
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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$ y6 [+ b+ u3 o: vThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
. V' t3 ^- u% x* w! }# Xkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter." _4 G0 u( ^$ i% R. K
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
+ ~8 P6 m9 |0 T3 `0 Vtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like: v4 v( `$ S( K Z5 N. F
fotograf 20% shorter." \$ V2 H$ C, Q
0 ?2 K8 v. k% C3 C# f$ o6 v& @3 O! YIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
# m, v9 ^4 N8 U# p$ \reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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9 R# k% V' V9 k/ ?+ m/ X; hGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
$ I. o1 L3 x2 H! Vben a deterent to akurate speling.
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) I5 m3 a- G/ y3 Z$ O! l$ DAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
' P8 [9 |, f# ~2 z& P* _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( t. Y, i$ a n; w# F
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.$ M/ \' A t4 P; r3 M. r [$ [
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu2 @7 H/ C$ k" U. e" S
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.* p c. z: G' ~' G
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze- r& k/ I$ A6 z( i# X
forst plas.& Z+ F( D2 Q, }& Z7 E5 C6 a8 [! g
}3 u0 k) [. d) P2 C! tIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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