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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will6 F. H6 O/ @0 C1 a
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was: X$ L2 n8 H) l% {
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0 c, l9 {. q- f4 @7 [ i& D3 }' QAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English" P/ ]) g8 `2 D: O# p
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
1 G( g+ X5 T4 w# W) f1 N) zplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".3 p4 w. M9 @" i: n. L6 T
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
6 b6 {( z( W& n& B$ d4 cthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up+ v1 a" I0 K! i1 _
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter. s; O/ ~: ~3 _
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
3 p2 D/ [8 l2 w5 ptroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
- q$ `0 ^% `5 m- Z: b. H5 zfotograf 20% shorter.
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; {* B1 L2 |8 m2 i+ A! F, RIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to# T( k* a3 X( G' B5 ]" Y5 e' }
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always* ^, G7 G) v9 p% o& d. `/ k0 z
ben a deterent to akurate speling.) O A: I( i* K* ^! T" v) y
, c! C6 R$ `' _Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is5 q9 K0 R, ] C7 j! y& F4 |& X
disgrasful and it should go away.
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- f* S2 G: M0 qBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
3 q- m1 Q) J, v% T X7 V4 I Q"z" and "w" with "v".3 Q- G- V% X% M* A( L% K. j# o8 E: M
; ^4 Q6 I5 @) j. H+ J/ H4 p2 ODuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
/ r+ E8 C4 g; c. Hafter 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 tu8 I- d1 V: C' }) x
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru./ G6 Y( u3 S7 G9 ^# U% w
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze6 v F, f3 J+ I5 E1 o
forst plas.8 q8 }4 E% v7 v3 l1 e" T' y( j; \5 O
) M, x8 P" p; n6 ]If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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