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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will9 u( @3 _5 ]+ b2 R3 w& ^
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
6 o$ l8 ?9 o" ~7 r" y7 ]the other possibility.
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& J3 i4 u# [/ P0 O/ Z& x. ~7 CAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English# F' w8 l5 t7 S* t% K$ _" Y
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
, W! S2 S& I9 P: pplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".4 m+ c; ]! z- I% B
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
$ Z- ~2 n# p) v9 k- o1 V& vthe sivil servants jump with joy.5 h! @0 i5 c( D' V; U8 I5 p
: U& Z, E. c, o( e* n( A: r3 ?The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
' |% |: Y7 d7 Z3 kkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.3 [( ~7 P( z3 `2 H7 ]
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6 M. t- N' ]: W( t9 H \) VThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
: }7 C) M4 ? b! I) B5 Dtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like3 n; V! g- H. ^+ K" q
fotograf 20% shorter.
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, H3 ~5 B" Q& E& j. \) JIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
- Y! ~8 d* f" P/ Nreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.5 `# e! V: R+ a+ H5 M
6 ?8 ~: h3 I) w& L0 GGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
3 y0 C; C+ P3 Eben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is. ?; h2 m4 F5 F6 H7 S: m& r
disgrasful and it should go away.
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( Y: _# ^) o# J* E; UBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with: W; ]( B, C8 c4 T/ ~6 K: h7 I
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and2 f3 W% B9 h: Q+ S% q
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
X( t, O& d w, H2 ?9 Ounderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
# V( l8 E( U& O% H: p- L7 UUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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" \/ o( H6 F7 Q! ^" ~If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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