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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will% x+ `* k: P. J, m( b! e
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
) Y: j" t: |' t4 l) v. ]spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
5 O3 ^9 G: D5 r1 P: S' e i/ Nplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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! u7 P- e4 c, X1 U5 D/ b" MIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make6 u) \( p+ d# p5 F; H
the sivil servants jump with joy.4 O5 b8 d% F2 c- ]- T+ J5 `0 N7 Y% W
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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9 d/ `' Y3 L$ O; B vThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the# {2 _5 g* `7 X1 W$ I" |2 ?0 R) Q
troublesome "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
. X: b& y0 r( |% Ireach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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! ~& y% k8 `/ d% k1 H: f- kGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always' P) O# u; W1 }2 E! Z
ben a deterent to akurate speling. `- }# H( K% @8 R4 F1 l) M
( L5 ~" ?( t \* S8 FAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is1 ?5 @6 p% S N
disgrasful and it should go away.. `* B# F% a/ x2 l
0 [: i; D9 \$ RBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with) i% ]5 i. R& G# p% T6 ~6 g
"z" and "w" with "v".
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8 V; C; T% f/ qDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and- r2 |# q! S0 M% R' I( J
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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0 c3 e2 D/ P# pZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
$ l5 F' a8 y6 C( a; n+ Junderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.. b9 C. @3 b; |
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze" R9 a5 c$ }1 q$ n' }1 M% ~% K3 j
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2 H! r0 p; d+ ?$ [/ m2 MIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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