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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will: j3 `1 Z& X8 R4 Q) e
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was6 v; F q- a* J6 S! N$ ~& T
the other possibility.) Y. B. `5 S0 N0 G2 N" W/ P
$ K1 `) E' z3 ]) y& S/ [As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English- v+ b' Y( W$ ?
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
$ q: E0 \9 K$ J: `- C6 Lplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".2 y5 |& J% ?. `5 B/ Q9 U
/ ]% ?1 z6 S/ q6 m" \9 KIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
: P; h5 P3 F! h+ Ythe sivil servants jump with joy." p( w0 N9 ?2 w- k. t' O
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up3 G& S& b! c/ b, _4 Z5 r; ~' N
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.3 \0 \4 ]. k. D( V2 V2 h
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
L) @8 m% Y; Etroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like1 R* x# D2 Q2 `! ]
fotograf 20% shorter.: n& ~* Z! ]3 Q! X" f! Y, S* Q
. i: A0 X9 }& w% \9 LIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to- s! o+ s+ ?" B6 @4 |" K
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
6 X/ D& Z0 S1 i/ I% ]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 is
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7 l5 Y4 a' k& ^, Q' i- tBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with3 k0 ~5 |4 Z& [/ q
"z" and "w" with "v".6 k1 d5 w/ Q9 F/ y
: n) D( h. Q+ r" i2 u0 v0 w0 P& d& O0 dDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and6 D H+ `/ K& E% w/ O0 i8 N
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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* l" L3 ^4 a _- _Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu# F: R& s: j/ {1 F/ _
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
# b- v- T# ~1 B W, ZUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze3 I$ N/ r& ~* r8 Z; D& S
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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