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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will+ b! K8 i4 q2 |& d) H4 X
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was' i D5 i# P' f' x8 o! ?
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English: j1 M- \1 O ~8 R( ?
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
' c, }$ N$ V* @: h0 Bplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".; q* r1 k$ t/ `5 a8 ^( T, U
* d8 u8 t8 ^- {* cIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
! \: F4 G |/ e ^0 Sthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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3 F0 ?4 S0 k) }$ y6 m( S: S6 MThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up( i8 b2 S2 V4 m1 p
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.6 w& R8 B( t7 M- C5 {
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
( W$ p5 _! t7 b& y' W8 J& ptroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like" `! ]( W7 F( N9 m, L# B( C
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
0 a5 k* m9 Y8 I- ]7 N2 K0 ^* n- Kreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
" _3 y$ V8 [' l3 x1 rben a deterent to akurate speling.' `, o: I% u1 w# M7 n, w1 L
; {8 U2 y5 }1 ]) {Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is, |4 O0 s6 A$ v" S9 P
disgrasful and it should go away.
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& C5 K8 m7 Y( b a, p3 OBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with2 r1 m; s+ m% v3 \
"z" and "w" with "v".& D) Z, g) u0 @3 I5 E5 @
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and7 M+ ]1 \, t! G+ X( j
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.* u' `7 @ w2 r* t* ?* A) F6 K+ [
' |/ o) b* M) s$ @! lZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
! E: h U0 ]" M( H# m; P8 ]understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.& ]/ o, x. ^8 J+ A
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze: g; E' O; S8 K, x, k3 p) ~/ T
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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