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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will7 `" g1 k2 l' H2 z4 j( q( ^5 R" {" _$ u
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was& ~7 H7 U* q J% m8 F" Y# @
the other possibility.
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7 N' p' w2 |/ N2 c" kAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English$ m, i P+ d. Y% C
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
" k# e0 N3 C2 [3 T; t; `3 \8 Qplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make: a. i! H/ O+ q: e. @7 H) K
the sivil servants jump with joy. \# c2 o& ^5 v# H! ?3 Z
0 ]3 i) W; h1 gThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up8 K, `1 q# w/ D
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.; l5 m2 n5 K0 V
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2 W" Z2 w4 H+ ^' pThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the6 Z6 [5 e% e1 i# ~0 \
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
5 J+ J |5 _5 ]1 h+ Nfotograf 20% shorter.5 t% X9 n! N1 B3 \( |+ X
7 u# @4 R8 R+ G8 v9 ZIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to" [ t& x' d, L( [8 h
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.- |: C0 @% O' i' L- Y
" t4 b3 R, G2 G7 EGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always7 s2 \- P* G3 i7 \- }' L
ben a deterent to akurate speling.7 f" V8 o Q6 n1 l4 C9 e( r
, P0 Z5 c H; N* N4 M1 B) j7 |8 OAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
- ]. y% w3 a, n, i: T7 Z8 \$ p4 a4 Udisgrasful and it should go away.% \* Y- e" _ C% k' w$ W
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with( x2 g/ ^; E) S- M/ }5 m
"z" and "w" with "v".2 d+ S7 ^% s* H6 s! p
# f* ]# F, p9 l/ K; Y7 ODuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and5 Z+ j0 D% q% t$ O l% ]- ^
after 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, T F: a5 c2 p( h
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.9 C; ~: |8 x0 o5 @
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze, }7 W: J! ]( n( @) ]4 d
forst plas.
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# y- ] g! p5 o, \# oIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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