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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will; f/ D/ o5 V4 Z
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was) l7 ~7 D' a, `0 V1 V0 R
the other possibility.& g, ~0 u, d- e+ k p, m
- T& B2 M' ^: QAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English7 @7 R5 m! n! {5 {3 e
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
2 E7 R% I6 b/ s. z1 g4 j2 ~ n' v% `9 Xplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish". G4 k8 W# T" \% |0 J5 k! k
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
( E$ K7 L4 W% M& C3 B" Q) Nthe sivil servants jump with joy.1 s- b6 i$ F& q$ M% W' Z- H
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
' \+ \5 ^+ v. h1 Mkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter." W* F+ E) g) P" N8 {
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( v1 E0 p0 c( o2 k$ i# U' W: |There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
$ X8 f% l" Y& F* [4 |troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like. I" x% ~( d3 w) `
fotograf 20% shorter.
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3 u8 ]9 C- `8 [8 ZIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
$ b) q w, n3 k0 y: ?9 areach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.+ \7 s9 k% g& v |% o2 @* x
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
: W& [5 s& c% P; `3 j2 \7 Xben a deterent to akurate speling.
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* K r' o2 T" Q; a: HAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
5 p1 F; f8 `2 o7 J* l# ~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
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and8 S; @1 U( \$ w2 L) W
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.. j3 |6 f/ c. k* F6 c* e7 ]
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu2 ?1 i5 k& [9 _
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
7 w/ v3 l/ L0 X; E) e% LUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze5 u m& u' n2 z* z( [; h( p; n
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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