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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
4 k0 @$ t: |. a* q- P3 hbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
. z" g- h! x, p1 Z$ U5 l! wthe other possibility.
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9 a" Q7 o9 U/ B' v" h( mAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English# d6 ? E, L9 _- S2 P% E
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
- v6 X8 z$ S) c% X. Jplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".1 y8 s3 W/ Q0 y' W6 D
( [: J, V6 z' L, b! s6 B" _In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make5 v% N: y; Q! w' |
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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) B# o9 N7 _9 I) BThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up* l2 C' u# {7 `+ ]) j9 c" X
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.3 ~ {4 C2 W8 Q% j: S/ K
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
5 i& F3 q, z5 n% b# m% @troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like" }0 c8 W% {5 X ?0 m
fotograf 20% shorter.
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6 M* P, V# |( ]1 kIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to* D* V0 w: ~, I6 T
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. P' k& V& @8 E" r% A
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
" F# S( Q7 _# G" Vben a deterent to akurate speling.
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; V7 A0 v1 h J' c6 J) dAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is ^3 E$ V* c; j1 k+ W
disgrasful and it should go away.
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0 q6 m3 x; Z' ?/ S- ^; Q" yBy 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
3 l0 j# D8 ~' Jafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.! Y6 c: w f' W
7 p* G8 v) X/ R hZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu4 j' k* d0 K, ?% D6 }7 k/ v
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.& U. E+ W+ i' {, [
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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