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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
4 z! \0 q; Q( qbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was9 p+ x6 `8 m1 ~) A9 K: V
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English( U! Q% X6 Y: I, F" I9 f
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
$ o; R& Q, y W+ I. ~plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"./ m2 }) L3 `1 B! y m" R
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
1 R5 b4 @6 J3 X# l% w/ `the sivil servants jump with joy.4 p- I4 _0 L8 ?! ?4 s
* V/ V5 m& V. n2 ]$ tThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up+ Y1 H7 y: N! [' T5 M& B' a' c
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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* A; m! @ I# ~3 X& r; {. a( PThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
6 y, W6 o+ s/ R# b9 Ktroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
6 f( i3 g( a, N" \! g2 e* l, L* L& lfotograf 20% shorter.
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0 M; x$ c6 \: _* [% RIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
5 o+ G) z* A; ~) Hreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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4 S9 {1 u! O: U$ @7 E. y9 s" kGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always& U- E9 [8 v" S, A Z! W. s
ben a deterent to akurate speling.' K4 F. Q5 K. x, U: c; _
/ z% c6 o% I: L5 _3 LAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
* @3 N0 \2 W+ y2 S. o% Hdisgrasful and it should go away.5 ^) z* Y% `5 e" e" K) N" {/ }3 A/ e
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By 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"and
( |( Z3 g1 a/ | jafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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7 A& n! r8 p% ?8 a1 Y0 hZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
& w+ j( U# }1 S5 ]6 @' D0 A( ~understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
; v0 ~; s7 ^9 m. T6 u/ W( jUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze3 _8 h% G7 d; a/ l
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3 ~" }: j: ~) Q5 ?/ d3 TIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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