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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will% P1 h: X& h! R1 N2 g
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was. o3 e7 L$ D9 c
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
; Z" i1 {3 p; ]spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
0 y2 c0 v8 c# W/ B7 o+ p* O6 Eplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".1 t3 c! z5 y( Q9 `2 H: D f( K* z" f% m
9 x6 Q) ^" g7 P- {, d& x. rIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
- u4 d! |# j2 g8 G$ H9 Nthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up [* n3 y+ `7 ^0 p2 ]2 C7 i
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.; Y5 p# v' Q- i- l7 d) M
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0 \! N( ?% J9 cThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the, @* a' u' @: N- O4 U% Z3 ~
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like8 }# m/ E; @( D& p
fotograf 20% shorter.8 x9 c+ @8 n0 j/ P: k9 N
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to6 s5 w: h& I, O) M# U+ \0 F
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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4 f. ~/ d& Y( O. t5 |8 N9 pGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
# m, T' k) \3 b, J. Cben a deterent to akurate speling.
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. X; d% `/ B& h- wAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
2 a! d3 }2 U4 S P; t! O7 Pdisgrasful and it should go away.
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9 }/ Z! E/ E& r7 W/ T, KBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with. N* C' L8 V4 X( |! _
"z" and "w" with "v".4 H. e1 z* z3 Q9 A+ q% y
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and- ?2 y% \: N# x0 l0 w; o) B3 E, Y
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu: Z0 Q1 i2 K1 \3 D6 m
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.. Q' j H; u# @# W/ G4 b
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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- x w% V- g+ Q/ WIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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