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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
, [# W) Z5 q5 M5 kbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
( ~2 ]8 O( t$ J0 b3 `; c' { u% Pthe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
. O) S! f0 m8 M4 b- t" I5 s' vspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
: v/ a/ ~' {, U) cplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
1 d; F+ f. X9 ^4 |, fthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up7 Q4 I( ` S H! _
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.% B" X2 f" J' B
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/ O% Z- w$ W* T: NThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
$ @7 X/ U% c8 Btroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
6 X2 g) E/ c3 u' s; Wfotograf 20% shorter.* ]0 N' G" c. i, Y J2 c
' U% E! {9 x/ P1 v$ {1 N1 rIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
5 r2 ^4 a3 S; g' p' T, l/ \8 areach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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& H/ C2 s. D2 e- A2 E4 @0 }1 }- kGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
( v- s; {+ ?1 h g( Tben a deterent to akurate speling.' _4 ~8 D2 B% y2 U6 j5 {0 S1 G8 q
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is2 L; e, i% Y& D% Y1 {
disgrasful and it should go away.2 ]* I' Z9 r6 A- u
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with9 X0 p5 x8 E- K% ~7 }# [
"z" and "w" with "v"." \- s, R M( z0 A8 E+ Q( i6 @
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
0 n/ ~5 H' N+ {" W2 X/ M1 tafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.8 r$ y- o+ N1 ]& w' o5 O
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu* P, v/ ~1 d9 T6 S
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.6 A+ @' _1 f8 W. K( N
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze4 D* d9 H* Z; _4 f# C/ ]0 ]4 S$ x
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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