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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
* `% ~6 t) w- M6 tbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was/ y% ? e$ h0 X* w+ s
the other possibility.
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4 f3 |+ e( g2 _$ S0 ZAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
8 Z# Z6 B1 |5 I7 w# e8 j# Zspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
9 x' J4 K( u) t a2 pplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
5 P3 ^3 y: s+ ~* x' c! z- Ythe sivil servants jump with joy.
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( G7 }( Z q9 ?# t* Y1 W8 }- W4 v4 J3 ~The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
8 b" b6 ?9 f" U* ]konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
4 s ~7 P O3 T1 ptroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
! r) E9 t( O; [( u' l3 Kfotograf 20% shorter.
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# X$ ]- }, i( i8 ~7 QIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
2 s2 [: N* a/ M+ l+ P' jreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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2 g6 e% c) [9 r! UGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always7 x" s4 C! |5 T* s
ben 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
! a$ r/ I6 }& N- t7 ~disgrasful and it should go away.2 U6 O/ {) a) D# _
0 o' {8 O# a$ X6 \; PBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and7 ^8 F: E, ?% W A6 T# d
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.# G: z+ `2 R8 s. [) [1 n
. K# B, E2 V3 G) Z6 |2 OZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
* d- L( R" q) M$ E5 wunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
3 M! o! S% J" `Und 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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