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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will0 I0 P9 k/ c2 t" p5 |3 f, A
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was* D8 P6 q7 V) [$ b3 Q# t
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8 L. [* l9 N% b9 Z+ }4 wAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
+ @- _ _5 \# }7 Y' Pspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make& @+ a+ @& t) Y8 i
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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. Z( E' Q6 |0 xThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up, d# p% ]% ^3 [2 B6 f$ j1 S
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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) J1 H2 K* |& [" t: ?There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the/ q3 e3 v7 ?1 X, H) l
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like @) C0 g) x2 g8 [) J0 Q! K, U4 v
fotograf 20% shorter.; L3 f4 ~; S" u% {) R( {8 Y; |
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
+ |+ Z& U7 _2 N4 A. @: vreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
9 ?# f; P2 U( N- m. Jben a deterent to akurate speling.
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3 y" a7 S7 d% m/ O4 C- W, W* KAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is' v# b, N- E9 R
disgrasful and it should go away.% O2 b6 `: `, R
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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( g; q$ V6 \6 I) _; |During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and g1 s. Y2 \) X" ~% X' N) M' J# E4 |
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.# Z* H6 A% e$ x0 \* C5 F* _' W
. ^( E7 _+ b6 i7 t l- A1 zZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
& I0 g9 P5 K. U6 cunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.. }% T3 Z+ h* Q# |$ X" M# x
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze4 z: F2 r. c. ^/ b
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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