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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will% `/ @# X: ` H* A( m z
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English- A$ i- W, I$ r9 p Z
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in$ w% h4 O- G& p3 D0 o4 w
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".2 U. [4 |5 A) Z
, p: ~: n# m* vIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make1 ]+ K0 Q8 ]! n9 B
the sivil servants jump with joy.0 M( Y' T9 _, h S
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
4 D' l! t! Q4 B: L. okonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
8 F; I' v: S+ W Otroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like4 n) G9 p H2 e
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to6 V8 c' e! T3 s. l8 y2 e8 P
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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) z u7 m% Q1 O8 m8 g4 qGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always( [4 p. }$ _# ?
ben a deterent to akurate speling.2 Q; a7 I3 p o8 o' O+ i
( n7 W' R, m! \* R9 w0 ? P, MAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is; p& @7 O) y9 [2 G
disgrasful and it should go away.
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`! l' i% K) v" o/ lBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
3 ?: q2 H$ y5 F/ m) ~"z" and "w" with "v".
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0 V7 \" {; P, g' c7 A. rDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
* h1 `1 l( o8 {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+ n! @0 ]. `/ B: y g0 c% ]2 k
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.% v4 u% c+ d6 A K5 \1 j
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze- g* W! c! e6 y8 v# i
forst plas.
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, G- q+ r7 x+ q7 N8 }If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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