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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will9 h. m! H( O3 p* [' g
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
6 V- t8 s0 l8 K( x. F, hthe other possibility.3 Y5 d5 d) X* W) J( {
( P( e% O9 S) pAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English6 L# M+ o# s/ r3 [. H
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
$ @, T) F6 x* B# i0 g% z6 T3 vplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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$ |: U5 S8 [5 G/ s7 S3 B) I0 jIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make2 k- m1 \# H& _& I
the sivil servants jump with joy.3 p6 Z! Y$ B. S; T7 ]9 |
0 z9 }$ I x7 F8 ~4 u1 |) [The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
$ ?) E; L! s: f0 `, gkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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7 [2 h5 J/ r. s# @6 h0 s8 GThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
6 g) e' z# d' F |troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
% t: l W) w, Hfotograf 20% shorter.
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5 l0 e% h2 a# d: K+ L' vIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to3 r4 {. k0 f2 J
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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9 {% E- S% G5 g4 ~8 D# _* P1 tGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always% n7 w# o0 v0 P' F' z/ P, M: B
ben a deterent to akurate speling.; j* P9 A- L$ i# o
8 P+ S! @+ U f6 a2 q# L+ lAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is$ Z7 C. I5 G& Z. w5 y$ y
disgrasful and it should go away.9 m; B; j$ }" g
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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& y) }) c) i/ NDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
6 i5 u: ]' }/ n% @2 G, yafter 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
. b( [( s' @" r2 s0 p6 ]understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.8 x+ q1 [& m* i W7 q) p
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze# c2 } w9 @ o0 A
forst plas.
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, O( v* h3 j1 K& v, R/ _( zIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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