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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will7 V2 H+ O" P3 s, P, X
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was( Q+ E4 x8 [2 l
the other possibility., D5 a# ^4 r+ Z" {2 b. h8 g3 t
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English1 U, m+ d2 I, S& p& ?; g
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
% C, N; z/ S1 i6 u Y* t( kplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".3 ?0 W5 O- w1 G* j. X, H
. R# \9 L4 F6 N5 j6 @# FIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make2 u# X/ q1 Y' P6 U6 f( e- T
the sivil servants jump with joy.' u/ ?0 |, @! m/ c5 M
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up$ x" T- z: O, q+ r
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.1 a* d* w6 ^3 j6 A. b, P9 Q1 R
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' z- j8 R1 V( H" i8 `" E9 qThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the( }+ l; M7 `5 E+ D6 s! f! n
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like5 H$ I( M% v6 u# r; ~# K3 {
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to" \6 X, a' T& j9 k J/ u
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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) X$ ^8 F; M2 ~% i" v; TGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always! ]# ^2 V9 S+ s! m: U/ A/ [, R) y- I
ben a deterent to akurate speling., r D/ T% b% P; p/ y0 z0 j
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is5 ]' p p. @. `
disgrasful and it should go away., P( R& h+ c3 F' `7 a
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with8 u) y' Y1 J3 Q/ F
"z" and "w" with "v"./ \* w! S2 d& P) j
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and0 M$ J4 |( H7 @ G
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.; C3 Z# ~/ Z+ Q% U" S
" n; n+ I0 e8 b- l4 _. hZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
$ k2 }( g8 ?/ B+ v% dunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.' B) }( v4 }7 ?+ Z% a3 G
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze/ p/ {3 X" g& I) ~( @ I
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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