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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
, A+ b L w" C1 M# R" }4 ^be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
$ H2 s# X8 h3 L6 V1 t) S' Qthe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
' R6 ?; i8 ]/ [spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
9 I* |7 ]# q! W$ s6 [" T4 h9 Nplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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/ \( ~- h( A# H% ?In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
2 D' e& S) t }0 pthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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/ e! b* U) R; _: IThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
" \7 f( H% Q; `4 |: f1 E0 akonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.9 I% t' o) x5 Z& V2 K+ o7 U
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
+ a$ y1 R& W% t3 P1 ttroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
# b4 S/ a1 @% j8 d# G% {9 j: ~% [fotograf 20% shorter.* G) w. j+ D# ?6 ?
7 q( Y0 B* Z; K( I8 Q$ q7 N- y$ FIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
: ]0 w6 @1 F9 R9 Nreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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$ }& M7 \$ g0 H7 t' FGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always1 `; }. d6 b. I# b, B$ F7 ?9 n. G* [
ben a deterent to akurate speling.! r9 o; ^8 U) w
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
b/ ]1 Y' c- j. [disgrasful and it should go away.5 y9 S" }9 I( E6 r& J) `! D
2 ]' N7 X C4 Q6 b5 C, X/ {By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
/ B% Y8 U, j5 T& n"z" and "w" with "v".9 z* \# U( t) e" [* z2 P
6 ]3 `* o6 T4 I; v$ B+ {) l) PDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
4 q% F1 K! A9 I6 t ]after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.; Q, N! a! C Z i- A2 l. }
& b. \! `$ a- d8 s0 N: i5 S# s* tZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
+ B0 v: t2 c1 y- z7 J, Vunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
5 ]7 p! G* g- t% z( R3 X% V% w0 dUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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. ?) K* U3 A- ?. }If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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