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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will' r- o7 P8 u: _: x; A0 J3 y& w
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was0 S; ` R: Y* _# C
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English; @" r; I6 o5 Z! g" ^6 v
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make( z; _% Q/ {2 F. w" ? r
the sivil servants jump with joy.9 F% N3 z2 v, B0 H0 V8 y4 [! ?) w
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up3 H9 n4 Z' E$ T# ~9 E
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
7 ^1 P( ]. A2 r* s8 A* B: Htroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to+ l: |8 Z9 l8 z
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.2 W- F6 S6 R. q; b, G/ x9 g
( \) y ~( [+ CGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always9 {0 _# G/ k8 U6 `0 z, d) d) H
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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" u* _0 B, L/ o8 V$ r, kAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
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) O" N* ~# V% P4 p% O& C# e. fBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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4 C' ?4 z7 d% ^8 p% y/ t2 qDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and1 e" h s9 h0 J2 R( s/ V, F# N5 j& n
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.# U0 d# K0 R0 b' g; p
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu. p5 F+ H+ m- I
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.3 f% ]( i2 r# \5 x( j/ A- X |
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze0 ?9 p/ U* E! F* S
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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