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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
9 ^) L, e1 ?; k' m6 |2 zbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was4 B5 _) K" K8 L- `' ^8 ?- o3 }2 i' r
the other possibility.
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* q: f' U' @! dAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English9 d4 `0 C# u4 C4 Y. F4 V
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
$ }- w, M) S: `& Rplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
9 @( X/ b l' h" Y' y9 M& dthe sivil servants jump with joy.7 o+ L0 _8 x. a& x
j4 a3 H% h, G* u4 g" hThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up6 ]4 }; p% q/ |4 F
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.: Z4 H# _, t; f7 C: A2 l- C4 k4 U
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the* f ?. y) P, z: R' d* k' `
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
6 }8 h' k! x6 H) Y& W6 z7 _/ Gfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
3 Y9 x# S* e7 r' D. T5 {reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.* {, D8 P1 }- X2 w( v3 t: S
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
# j# z" j. U# z* `ben a deterent to akurate speling.3 F, d( f4 Z9 S
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
8 n. W `! ~1 N8 x, q; ~/ Jdisgrasful and it should go away.! V. H" I( G' T2 N! a. J
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with j. @. S" \) P0 g
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and& B; a9 F0 b/ z2 t }
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.# ]5 F& M' `/ ^& s
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
( E J: n% [$ C+ f' K( Funderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.2 `' J/ D9 m( q8 t: |1 G% C
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze6 V* f$ Q6 z. v2 ]4 v8 s6 H4 {4 C( D
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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