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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will! J2 ~, h& x! X o+ p2 w' `
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was! r- S( y7 Z y4 T& i
the other possibility.2 n" V4 L' n: K. J% b0 \
4 i: S3 z+ a/ g# [/ wAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English! M! \: I# [5 E: b0 b+ T
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in' r% y7 n+ C! {- D4 h i* g
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
S$ R& j7 d& T+ }9 hthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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; m/ h+ O" q1 {( g( M" ?The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up3 C9 e) Z4 p6 [( X0 o
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
) {& u- m" U# k4 xtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like6 X7 h2 W& [' W, G
fotograf 20% shorter.
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/ ?/ m& R$ r) `9 L! b/ `# z" eIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
+ ], V9 ^8 C5 t3 j I& Wreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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5 O/ ?; B, |# sGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
6 y" U5 e2 n4 [) i- i8 S- Dben a deterent to akurate speling.
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5 b$ X4 R. c4 b3 K, S* U! V; n: pAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
0 n4 B4 {: S: ?& u7 x8 {disgrasful and it should go away.7 p; A+ ?( K( a; ?, w3 G5 |
) w& B6 A, m9 N! `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"and
3 M4 i h; m/ t4 J2 j) M+ z+ G# cafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.3 e( X$ p4 \) ?
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu1 {) E" v+ k, i' s8 h
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
. ^- f! ]2 {' a8 S% oUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze5 `9 g/ @) ~+ q: m6 E
forst plas.
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& Q6 K( O% p9 h0 i& ~ {+ c2 \1 G# U. _If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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