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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will& ?2 Q/ w/ w3 c8 y9 X8 I
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
( k- k M# t8 S( S* r/ X0 Zthe other possibility.! V6 e' v: v. b) i( A1 Z
, J" _ E. r! \- {As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
d W0 b: C: r( o& t( @spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in Y) E# {" c3 k! I
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".3 j, n* d ]8 f' N2 v9 M
" ?2 W5 `& w" l& E" o: B) TIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make- C9 W/ A; q5 P5 {9 _6 f5 b q
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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* e8 [" @. X7 ]# M( S2 c9 u) BThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up$ J9 M9 p: K8 p4 x8 [0 k
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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" a( `* R7 |% H* g2 O) {6 eThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the; \, c( U$ |4 P3 P4 g
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
" ~, f8 g* [+ `8 [3 f6 g0 m3 sfotograf 20% shorter.
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- f, c- m, s3 J/ uIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
" S0 E0 E4 u1 ?: hreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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; |' f6 G0 h+ \/ ~0 NGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
: U) C1 S, y! i# k, N3 j, [" q( _3 hben a deterent to akurate speling.
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, w' ? [% X" b5 g, R$ f( [Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is$ _4 Y: n4 v* F% @0 T$ f
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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1 g! d3 p+ r% V5 i ]During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and) A0 l! p( l0 `5 i8 C' y
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.* R! q, K, i7 ] p* D' O
, X c8 Y! A- _" o3 \$ k) N6 R D5 ~! A4 gZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
. F& D ?6 z8 |understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.* u8 _0 S5 W3 ]5 D& ~
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze" @" _; g4 H) C" M6 g8 q
forst plas.
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: ?( T) |4 K+ Y: ~( GIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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