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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will* Y; S" F) {* C9 }% f6 `* N
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
; [, W. ^- Q8 p2 ]the other possibility.$ \) d$ o1 n2 G7 Z/ z+ | ?
' L- G2 _3 C6 u* ~$ N5 BAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
$ X: D$ r+ _9 pspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in2 v, X$ Z5 ~+ {0 d
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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" A, I, N$ [4 U! T1 B4 y. W7 ?% {In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
- S% A& f: W* X( Jthe sivil servants jump with joy.( a% r* Q6 V' x5 T
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up% S" q6 x: N+ A4 V5 |- S {
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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) U( y1 ]& T8 G) K) Y, MThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
7 V9 [4 u* x* d5 ntroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
* Q! E' s8 [7 g' j3 R' x! {4 ffotograf 20% shorter.
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! m6 D. D2 u- J& xIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to) p( ~5 M; I2 d( E; u
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.6 r& r/ t* r# n( I
' r% Z6 {$ C1 u! H6 R3 E3 T) g4 M7 @3 QGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
# x% e# B3 n$ l9 m# g2 N- a jben a deterent to akurate speling.8 l/ ]% k9 ^% N: v7 T% N& m1 X
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is& R) s. K& w. l
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$ c: M: l. a. l% S
"z" and "w" with "v"., ^9 n/ n! |) h0 u& \
. f N5 M) A2 w! w# yDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and- b6 W5 Q* f6 X$ Q B+ G: k. g
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.6 `$ {3 v2 L8 i+ N
+ U/ ]2 Q+ {, w4 wZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu1 v- X5 ^! R8 O
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.8 j, D0 Q& r& R4 \. j r" l
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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