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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will% T# }( n% N# i# Y) B! u) K; i; Y% X
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
/ n; \" S! w9 S0 I/ Sthe other possibility.# A9 m+ d3 K, `0 i/ i' h
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English& Z9 u3 d! F: A5 O
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
7 D' V$ G1 P( p& s: u5 N) _( g: }# oplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".0 F$ `8 q! F+ i+ t8 |
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make1 X1 u m4 v$ a+ }) p
the sivil servants jump with joy.* ] \$ Q- s3 F( l: G
- |2 K, s& U" D6 P6 N6 D: a& QThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up4 Q: H) p$ ?5 A' A% R' g
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the: B) o: }) \- x" O7 f
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like2 n! q# ~, g% O
fotograf 20% shorter.. q# S+ p9 J9 [- k# A
' D* [( \; p5 s+ zIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
" B1 B" b1 M9 hreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.0 @$ h3 R) U5 l. e7 @& s% x' M$ C
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
6 d. n( E$ s1 X# G+ nben 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
3 o* e2 R! X5 }* ydisgrasful and it should go away.7 x! e% k7 u& c# M
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with5 E8 N& Y- L1 M- ?
"z" and "w" with "v".% m- P# c/ U+ b
1 c: u6 g! C- i) H9 q6 t! wDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
* u# Z% s1 J- S3 P: g- t2 iafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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- f4 S$ Q* O1 wZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
" W. U( Z9 y2 d* u" k: }understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
6 ~5 X* K3 o' H) x9 Q( kUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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1 O T: c# }# Y5 G4 W' fIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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