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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will0 U b9 \- Q- n* k1 G# N$ E0 b
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was8 }4 i1 T! c! F
the other possibility.
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* N1 r6 o( a9 T6 W8 {' jAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English5 M9 s" ^/ Q. I2 r" _
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in! i( |4 e% e8 Z* b" n1 N* X- Y
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make: u& \/ k5 X5 E* T5 F
the sivil servants jump with joy.$ q- X& b2 k! I5 J
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up% I, l+ f, N+ e
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the, O# y/ W! Q! l* S
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like9 P, `. l' ^1 S3 C& G
fotograf 20% shorter.( q0 z9 [# z2 ]( y9 _, C0 W- J% f
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
; C: ?4 Y3 G+ n4 @7 \& ureach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.# q {9 J7 {0 X; Y* S9 s: J: I- H
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is7 Y; y: @% X/ d
disgrasful and it should go away.
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* Z4 U; R) G* ABy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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* d( _/ b$ o5 L. e0 ^+ _During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
" o- ~, Z: Y1 b: Safter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.. J- m2 z+ S: K/ o7 x+ a; E5 ~2 i" i
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu, k& U% |5 W% P& s
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.2 s* ?- R3 f$ V- k
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze m! h% P3 z' X+ R# i$ o/ y
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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