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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will/ I: p" Z7 U) A4 z1 p# z
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was% Q+ w4 }! _, k7 e( b( b! r
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
0 d* d5 u% e$ D+ }spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
- _5 Z: {: i/ ]" Aplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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2 T$ [/ A' i" l) R* V( ^In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
1 p& K; {: Q/ p3 q7 Athe sivil servants jump with joy.- a* Q' S0 F, k1 f% M. d! v" y1 D+ W
" _7 C& ]9 L, o; yThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
- B7 \* U! {' u8 d0 b pkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.8 @( v2 B& c! S3 a$ i
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+ {/ p3 _' Z6 tThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
# P# I" \4 n! U$ s+ @troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
& T+ l( y) e3 A7 Q" Bfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to c, l# w' ^4 r) ?) J8 H
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always' K5 F" z( n: ^ F0 M+ z6 u
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 is3 B0 y& Y& w/ G$ X" e
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with1 I! `1 }. P( n1 M& w7 L
"z" and "w" with "v".
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5 R5 ?+ ^# @7 b; [" Y mDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and5 {( g7 f: ]4 J
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.7 {# u, w! J' l! {2 [* A
: ] @9 Y5 N& U. S) hZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
( @$ }6 ?# `5 V8 b; Qunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
& u2 y. Y: E# A( r. n3 h; k4 @) J$ dUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze1 S" c/ f# U- i* b5 k
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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