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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will2 g, i8 j+ f. d7 e3 p% y# ]* S* R( y
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
1 @! B% Z% f. X; b4 C; n2 qthe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English# B7 H" A# M( z& T! P
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in8 v O) @% V# A# A
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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+ Q8 c0 X5 I+ P" \, EIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make2 w4 E* g: Q, U6 _! t6 j1 e( p& P* v9 ]
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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6 |9 L l* g- {; o6 gThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up4 [/ H# @7 t# M: U/ {" _1 ]% Q6 G) |- Z
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.9 s; f% }7 l0 Q+ n% D- ?8 k
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the9 H$ u3 u2 \. p4 j6 g
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like$ z. D, D. x( ^# Z* ]# c
fotograf 20% shorter.
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; }6 C/ k+ Q, A3 f- yIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to1 d$ Q7 G# _) i& r! ^
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible./ w# q; t; I* U$ {
5 h; p' n R3 A/ IGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always1 A1 v# G* I, V( m2 Q7 H- e, b
ben a deterent to akurate speling.$ y$ W! s* P2 G& F5 @
7 M" k* c. _% ]" ?: W; @Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
2 C$ t7 d: ]+ K" `( V$ {disgrasful and it should go away.
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4 m9 J- J1 o$ \5 A9 Y; SBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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# A* p3 A& y% DDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
. O) E, T4 U' O) B5 Fafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl./ m8 R, A1 e6 u4 T; a7 z
* J$ M* z s3 M6 m: U) e; v% R4 h7 V/ gZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
% J6 z, H) I0 Cunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.9 [3 u5 m# Y: Q1 x: P1 v9 c
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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) H" _2 |: K9 x+ ]" @) I8 k' BIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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