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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
; N: W: S! Y6 l( v+ a! u0 obe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was$ r b* x6 C% R' `1 O9 }
the other possibility.
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; ^9 x! o8 I0 u* [. N* R& {& N0 F0 S8 hAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
% j& Z% m! g- W5 J# |1 Q& Fspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in+ m7 M3 s6 e4 y) ^- b# c! ^
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".4 h9 |4 z' z4 V1 Z
( ~1 r$ u5 I6 @In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make8 _. g/ v- A9 ?+ W2 K) w, s4 p
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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& Y0 w! m3 z& y( x# P6 |2 ]The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
, ~0 ~, M$ Y3 i* u0 Tkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
' Q: V: V" I; h p! c# Ltroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like+ @1 d1 Y+ g) M% D
fotograf 20% shorter." _7 K. t9 \; E: d5 L
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to6 ^1 G6 f" \- ]$ T
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.$ c1 y6 O% u/ M7 z6 @
$ y) _' \2 c$ f w- Q F0 P9 m) T M2 gGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
0 K' T7 T' t5 N+ A5 M2 D" Tben a deterent to akurate speling.
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; ?2 {' H) Q. H7 s ~Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is3 q6 \+ a' E2 L# U W/ V
disgrasful and it should go away.
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3 I& r# i, o i0 oBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with" s* f: Z {) h
"z" and "w" with "v".5 y' }4 B9 L) Y( N9 R/ i
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
6 ?1 v2 b! d. B6 P+ T% G aafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.4 K4 h0 y4 N5 w$ i$ ^0 S
5 [" t0 G: y( z' a7 J0 ZZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu* w) V* z' X* p: T+ E% I
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
, Z5 m4 a$ b) s9 G# h" eUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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