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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will8 x) [! _" c8 S. _; `& S
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was F( t6 x7 ~# h4 h9 Z: t7 n
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9 T# g+ U, a5 B, vAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English! R1 `0 B9 o$ _1 q5 |1 R. j3 q9 F
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
& V5 F4 ]& S/ O0 t0 tplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".) j* h0 m# X" i2 s. H: Q
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make: w, i, C& U6 f
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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z& n# ]9 p |+ j0 {1 RThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up. `5 q' x7 d e& s+ l( Z
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the. f9 w. z y1 I( ~. E( ~
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like+ S2 c" x0 ]' F) D' }8 o
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
& g. I; [/ q1 D3 o; B: n+ |reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always+ e! _5 o' |5 J6 Q" r; F
ben a deterent to akurate speling.0 Y& S8 _4 B0 l/ `7 f
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
0 Z9 O* S* |; I0 Mdisgrasful and it should go away.) @9 d% e. H3 p9 a( Q9 e! ^
6 C" i$ j; ~# C7 r" \$ wBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and/ C$ d9 E, c6 Q5 u6 {' C. u( w3 ~
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.; v$ Z4 U _1 x8 |$ W
) k( r9 A: Z( HZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
[+ k" g% V! G" F" sunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
f1 M- }) D G; {9 u5 h; oUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze* R% y; v5 N( X; k: R) L
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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