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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will0 Y: x. e; R+ p: m2 s, |6 u
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was1 H/ d; K+ I+ O& N4 n. d
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% Q+ a% l; k9 b8 }As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English( n# X: ~9 N7 O9 g5 h- I
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in. j% }5 O+ o. N: r/ j
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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- Q1 d9 |: |. B0 H' U7 PIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make; L7 Y1 {5 `# n- j9 }5 U/ k! f
the sivil servants jump with joy., ~( z. Z, K7 m: X: ?3 m5 T9 m2 E* \
8 b- P: ?" Q/ \+ bThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up! C4 `. Y- n; d+ X% v/ ~( f
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.9 T- @) ?) S0 j/ b9 v
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2 S1 Y# ~. v, }9 ]There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
( N- \+ J- {( i4 s) Htroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like, ~0 p: m" c* h. E
fotograf 20% shorter.
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( t$ p2 R1 Z3 A5 pIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
, R1 {6 \4 l7 \( G9 |; B% n$ xreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.- }0 B( l* \/ @! b$ [5 u# p+ t
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
$ @3 A/ c& {2 A. |ben 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; d! T5 Z2 W: H; m) {! q/ R7 z
disgrasful and it should go away.
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& x3 J. G7 p5 Y# O* l% p0 q: mBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
3 v3 y4 k3 _3 {8 a7 x3 V" o"z" and "w" with "v".* y' I1 y" G7 t. Z2 h* K$ E
+ g/ k$ }2 q- Z3 Z& y0 C2 v+ _During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
+ g, X" {4 Z. e/ N8 _ j' u, z" [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/ N4 W8 X7 n5 R ~ U
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru. I, t: u- b1 h5 s, o6 z( d
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze9 k( ~& n( m. |% w$ C- U
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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