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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will9 O' t, S+ I$ {3 t" Z+ k9 P+ f; |$ J
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was, D4 d7 l4 g" `7 P7 d7 Z
the other possibility.0 }, z5 ^8 Z5 m- `
$ n d" I) R J; d$ f9 tAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
; o' H/ l8 D" a9 f. \spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
* V: d; `1 N7 Q! F+ {plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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) b) r0 r z/ j. t+ B5 M7 gIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make% U7 a( d9 j0 i, M% l' P7 j
the sivil servants jump with joy., C; g# i( l* V* X2 R
6 d' c3 b! R* F8 k2 R$ A5 q5 eThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up! Z# r* l5 }) v
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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: ^+ }0 Q7 ]1 tThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the# w4 u$ T+ }$ `4 c- _& ]* ?+ ^
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
, ^% r$ R8 o. v$ H: S) _fotograf 20% shorter.! U& f S7 J; ]5 N
1 P# \' T+ `& d* n1 _7 V! IIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
/ o0 R# k8 c9 ^7 u8 o' I; d6 Vreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.$ Y! g: S2 E) \: R7 H
- L# r' H0 A4 F4 d# ZGovernments 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 is
* c7 _9 Y5 E4 T6 A$ M, v' q; Odisgrasful and it should go away.4 f5 N) E2 k* b( o/ X# b
* G! y* Y! n% Z7 p8 k2 SBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with; _& j, \1 A1 Y) q* P& L/ H
"z" and "w" with "v".# q& i1 }" E- C! ^4 e. ?
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and; S" ]; p# m d( B3 z6 i' `
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& m2 f/ C. [3 J/ x2 C9 U! A
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
/ ~+ W" g4 v. \ Z0 kUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze) \- o1 D% A) \ o$ |8 \, L, a- b
forst plas.
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; x, v" J# d! tIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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