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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will; d; G6 I- U& p
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was; b/ K/ W, z2 j' Y4 N: H; h$ {
the other possibility.
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0 Q W# l9 V: J3 uAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
3 r# R4 D0 W& Cspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
|) H s' k) Rplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".0 O% H3 f% ^" h* H. S% }5 n" `
; e( H* t' g- X. g4 C" d9 M. K$ HIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
* G s7 m5 |# Gthe sivil servants jump with joy.9 k5 k+ u5 O4 w' S6 y" O
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
( U5 L: S+ Q2 r# U m9 ekonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the% \1 [4 f9 Q, H$ `
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
3 v' m- F7 {" q0 Y9 ffotograf 20% shorter.! \' Q# y( y7 p3 ?" l
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to+ L0 A* z9 a: \" H: ]
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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, K8 ~' {8 N1 c- K$ S8 }Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always' ^8 r$ q! |! b9 {& b5 D
ben a deterent to akurate speling.2 c0 X4 a8 f6 P4 E: s
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
V1 ]( r, L, w7 c# z' z0 a$ L9 h- C+ odisgrasful and it should go away.8 h" p1 j5 t( X; m1 Z
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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, W3 x; U! G+ c5 M0 H. t1 ~
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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- P6 W! A5 y/ p9 P0 j* d6 B: nZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu, a* K/ G- g# N
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
6 D6 ?" o: E8 Z0 q3 f$ OUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze2 f# P! u( I$ X* ~8 g
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8 g% u& N: a8 d: }( S/ PIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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