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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will. @) Q% r$ i# ?/ ~% y) c" a
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was" Y( r& ?- c" L2 h* z5 d% L
the other possibility.% M( T9 v4 C1 c) A& I# k0 x6 w
7 H' g# C5 j1 m( Y+ h* M# mAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English" I* {5 {% I6 t: f0 Y% t: Q
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in6 W5 p, F6 n, \' T$ O
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".5 T" Y" b* d% ?3 S" U' Y( s' P
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
8 R( z2 C- I% n, ?* Othe sivil servants jump with joy.: R; B Y( j: S2 A) u* h
/ e0 }* R* @0 A9 z3 r$ e! pThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
9 r" m5 P, F, e. L- M, y/ {konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the8 C, s: O' o& c1 Y/ K0 _. v/ d
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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- X1 v5 t; {( P& [% m! zIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
+ B$ z7 ~0 n& I7 d! Y, ^$ lreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.0 ^2 r& w i$ H
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
6 F) f* r2 m4 T- A9 j$ \ben a deterent to akurate speling.8 G0 q' X' `+ j$ V
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is4 M/ l3 }1 y0 m: |
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' J. j% {( y; z% Y. N, j
"z" and "w" with "v"./ T1 l& H/ K6 x/ M$ Z1 G* R
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
6 W+ x) ]- g- i, O. G; C# _1 Hafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.' V. |4 d' A8 N! B
9 E. O, |( R9 Y! NZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
3 q; m) H0 l+ Q5 y4 E+ runderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.1 j6 O. Y, L. A9 c
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze( M5 H2 y: d: X# f. ^5 V% n: X8 \$ ~
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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