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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will/ E, j: U) d6 y7 }" |+ F
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was Q1 s! W/ Z. f' }% k5 u2 `. }$ ?
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
' w- T2 P/ }. b" m9 ]" P, Zspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
, H# Y j. [7 X. E( H/ k! ^plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".) M/ U7 q' W& @: V. D: I1 \2 z
; X+ R" c0 M6 `. u$ O' GIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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3 U, T% C& V" o* l# Q1 j, WThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up$ S) b9 \; }& Z& p5 g
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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1 |! Y3 Y" X1 A! \2 {! FThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
+ T7 |% P' o. o+ m, J2 u3 btroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like! ~4 m2 b3 v/ h8 Y0 X$ d
fotograf 20% shorter.
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/ t% e4 n( L+ M, nIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
1 `0 T J/ e- w _/ Xreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always" o! c/ r: l% h
ben a deterent to akurate speling.% ]3 u5 z6 \' H, w/ e* J
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
/ Y2 x% g1 M: a! }. |disgrasful and it should go away.
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4 D; J; k% s! a6 oBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
/ a- L& H8 R6 y% S4 f"z" and "w" with "v". ^# ? A* m/ d! z& s$ F
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and; P7 m& ?# J/ e4 s( G9 x* U
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.: ]- n$ C- X4 d0 V! C
$ K& Z% |: s4 V8 C/ fZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
& i/ O$ m# U' U, m. _& I/ _" Qunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.% N1 x! o9 h: ^" e
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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7 _$ a. F w. G( ]+ }If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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