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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
, P. [2 C4 {2 D9 c# I& `be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was; c# H) {& u+ ^0 j M
the other possibility.' Y& }5 v* Q3 M' u: Z
( N6 v- y- I* gAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English* J# i: W: [$ ^; Y' M& a' E4 N
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
& b- z1 N8 K8 _ A8 x# Aplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".& Y0 d- z- j% m+ k, |
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make! w$ m+ r9 ^* O
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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7 ?3 B V" s0 K, N2 V0 Z1 C- t/ F0 AThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up0 z* _9 c: ^/ X- S4 Q8 R" Q
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.$ W+ T% r1 C. N
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
0 s$ A% E( i: j1 X) x6 Etroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like& V' f( ]# d2 i6 K1 z& w6 T
fotograf 20% shorter.) l' n. P. L3 _. ~ l
( O9 H- i6 c0 gIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to, k' F" ~' S0 }4 d. @
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.( ?5 x7 ] M" I; T5 d
! W9 T' y) L" I8 z uGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always% {5 S& y' o- N+ l: H. X {
ben a deterent to akurate speling./ r$ ?/ F: S5 |, @$ g- ]
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
7 O7 w; J' Z7 Z3 s F$ ^/ ?1 Kdisgrasful and it should go away." ?* T5 i: F. _5 O5 P$ W
: n" |+ m z; \6 kBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
0 ]3 Z+ A& ]0 G"z" and "w" with "v".1 ^: |0 A& Z2 R6 \
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
3 t# y% E% j$ i9 O. t0 dafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.- z: w& v. V3 [1 b$ M7 I# _+ ?
3 B+ i& s, d9 @6 C1 }Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
. `/ q* o3 `$ r3 l0 dunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru., D4 ^( W* Q2 i
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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( ] t4 E# Q0 [3 X' uIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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