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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will3 [- A F; Y: U4 F% g, r! T" u
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was# w H4 |- W/ n6 B. }0 S; g8 G# m
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English# j8 }2 O, s; C, K* j+ U
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in. T$ D6 ^/ Q* g+ V% N5 @
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
) e' n6 _2 v8 l5 d5 ~0 Y, Kthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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- ?7 x. `: l. b* _( Y9 g s, bThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up& D7 S* D5 v! r& k
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.+ t! e1 R; Q, ~3 R0 \
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/ `5 c: D; [$ G+ w2 B vThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the! W' d! `( O* w4 T! Q5 D0 u
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like" R$ R" [4 z u1 C; L
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to* H S9 ?0 i5 C( |3 e
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.7 b$ I9 T" |# D+ ~
9 h; K& V3 y& K y. Z5 d+ h7 `Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
2 Y4 _5 _# z& kben a deterent to akurate speling." ~6 |& \0 {' w0 O* w4 {) y; r
$ Z$ k7 D. R. O- @3 c2 qAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
2 \* R2 |$ o% `9 X' p2 |disgrasful and it should go away.$ f0 D' Z; ]! n2 J
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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. i* z6 J* \2 f4 a2 ], ]During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
; b- m" Z a( t7 j, w4 o) Dafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.- K( c! Z8 G- U+ h3 p! g' y
; H( p1 B* O; r/ H0 \6 MZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu% A2 y% \+ _+ j& ~& Y _$ K$ d
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.& K0 H8 l: F7 n' k p
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze6 g2 _1 O. Z" C9 R' L
forst plas.
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8 |- S& }# L, J O" o. n) a6 G. s$ nIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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