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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will ], v* O/ B! z$ p% J# F; b9 z8 q
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
: x3 P% u# a9 S. f1 h1 vthe other possibility.* a8 Q, c8 \- ]0 ?" P& h
, B+ p! }. H0 n1 XAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English9 \! X# A* h( J6 I3 e
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in9 |" M2 T# p0 K/ z* A
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".( F$ V7 R: L! {2 R& K
( i% k7 w: D4 e8 S. R. g, WIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make9 O8 W! d: W/ C4 M7 p9 ]- j
the sivil servants jump with joy.* I4 y0 ?* G; ~& t
* ^; i3 D, B* q7 vThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up' M5 f) p, Y, V! C; H
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.: ~5 U) T- S) W1 X
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
. x X$ w7 x# p/ Ftroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like+ F, ~* O* k& ]1 _
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
2 G: a. f9 [& e: `$ Treach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.) S8 X& @, q8 N9 j! w, i- ^
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always) g. V. Z' L% Y" Y* W8 M" v3 ?( ]
ben a deterent to akurate speling.2 C+ B9 w( y- ~6 v
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is; q! e7 r. C7 i [: U4 p
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with. K+ a: [4 W( p/ e7 v5 T
"z" and "w" with "v".7 \ H: J/ W/ s G- p
1 o8 c, e! ^. r2 nDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and6 Z" P+ l( { n+ M( F; r$ s8 j- h! s
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.+ ~6 I( D: `5 L1 j! Q
& {% I C9 s. V0 I4 P, @% ^Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu$ H0 N* t, f: l7 w J
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
7 Z+ d- y+ Z, _ \0 OUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze* r/ U. R5 n4 A8 q6 g+ P5 i
forst plas.
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$ i& ^- }( ^ B; l8 dIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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