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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
( P t2 k$ P4 y6 g( dbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was# E' a0 E/ \* a' ~/ e* b* s6 K) }/ r2 ]
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
- A% v4 n* w0 i4 ospelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in7 q4 B4 q; u7 H) E3 W+ O$ [) q1 O, O* k
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make. v- Z- V+ ]. W, G# C
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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5 R9 ?0 j% a% C) i) {: n& kThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
0 Q5 y+ z b2 |8 L4 |0 A; u6 vkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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& a) _( \2 M5 X, ~1 GThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
i, \: t: o- S9 Utroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
% s: w$ O$ B& c8 I" e q& Ofotograf 20% shorter.. n4 o% \3 t" a+ ]2 L- z
# \: y. E0 B9 Q, b& V4 a5 FIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to5 b% ]7 i" P2 S, G
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always& c9 z3 y) D6 O
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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6 c. s! d# u3 p1 z" ZAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is9 e3 j3 l4 j l. c6 [
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# V9 d1 p8 h5 i% }' j K
"z" and "w" with "v".% V/ t+ c/ d3 b0 k/ l( Z
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
0 @5 O# `' K# Bafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.1 S# c3 ]; `8 W0 M; V! u4 q
* e: s: p' V: M- h8 K* iZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu4 i( t7 W- e. v. K" q
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.6 X- r4 f( R( W" y' z4 f1 b
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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