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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
; L( M! {9 z1 d: q1 V; h2 g0 c2 m ]be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
8 W" y3 ]- l1 hthe other possibility.
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- `6 B2 N3 l& N1 w! y5 dAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
/ g8 t- W0 w9 \spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
' L* ~; Z. y6 _1 O% Kplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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7 c. h! J, L" e6 o3 QIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
; V, ]9 W; j% Q9 D6 a- othe sivil servants jump with joy.0 y* \( f7 j( w' E
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up4 H- U5 O, v9 |3 Y1 @
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter./ r2 R6 F# d6 q% {+ M* U
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) @* z8 a# [7 |# zThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
! z( |+ r. c( n) k0 Wtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
/ y$ L6 S& M. H6 N$ K: }+ W5 s7 Bfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to% v+ Q% T( e4 a4 j
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.6 Y6 ]* I) Z' j2 ?. D7 I& ~
6 Q0 `4 Z, l* F" `Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
4 i7 y+ B1 V, ]% Q6 Oben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
4 l6 T/ \& @& [( Zdisgrasful and it should go away.2 ?! a7 h( q& Q9 o" a4 d. _
* K6 r! t( z' l; N. s% gBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with$ v; i. y' ~- s3 i/ m
"z" and "w" with "v".! m, [7 P, G$ `( U+ x4 J4 S
8 X! A; m. f [. z jDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
* {5 d% [& `6 |% I9 [after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl." M7 x4 L& E% f& q
. u z% x1 C( `/ \Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu, r$ m( U- C+ ]
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.& u4 ]* [0 b. P
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze3 B! I- Q* {0 P0 P/ d
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' @5 X. x$ i6 r8 ?: @" @( b- I9 pIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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