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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will. k; C# X' [9 n! F6 E
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was6 N4 a6 {7 `: @; t+ l
the other possibility., a2 [* l7 L' G4 v* ~4 h2 t8 d6 O/ m
[" T, h# i/ b+ F* a1 l- kAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
9 _- K* u$ a! r$ c' hspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
) w- B1 L6 j- L5 S* {' oplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".% }+ V" |4 P2 O0 p
: k9 j }8 Q5 Z# u) n% mIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make2 }: `% M+ a# K2 f' R& |1 x
the sivil servants jump with joy.$ O5 v( t6 [) t' i+ b- ]1 r
- {* K \1 {! h+ b8 O9 Y" u" v( G6 [! cThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up) K8 A) \' k/ m" j9 K% m
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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2 H* S( S% ^' x8 _- ^There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
7 O: D' ^$ _: T' Etroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
1 g* `. z+ C0 K! I5 |& b) Z/ Lfotograf 20% shorter.9 n. x% e( _ d8 o$ v2 g' F
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
1 p8 d- e) o9 z3 {! z* Mreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.: V L, _* T( j% N
/ v. n. t9 @2 S$ \- @' N2 GGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always c* U1 ^2 m: b$ W
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is5 {, H6 U) ^, s) Q
disgrasful and it should go away.: K& N6 l: a$ f1 _: a1 r
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with/ k- h" @" n8 ~8 W% M4 B# D
"z" and "w" with "v".+ Z! X- m Y/ W6 W: _ r' o% f, M9 B
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and# U* j9 T6 K3 Q) V# x7 m2 j
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.& w8 u2 [8 a6 u) }$ O4 }
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu3 q6 E: C7 x1 {) d+ }
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
& Y6 ?: A% b2 y+ J) E6 dUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze- p% q( m" ~- m. A
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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