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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will c9 m' K9 W; h. \0 u& T9 N+ k+ Y
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
3 I# Q6 V4 H% Cthe other possibility.. I: O9 n9 x% P* \
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
8 o% E) \' N/ a5 b Gspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in4 ?- I( {" h# B1 I% o. t: M( w0 l& o
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
* o6 R! v: {) [' I+ Hthe sivil servants jump with joy.+ C1 Q0 a4 n: N
1 W" d/ K! ~7 e( @: y0 ^The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
! e/ l: t7 C. L2 [konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the$ }& e/ E0 I/ q* P: l& T' l
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like- {+ }: R8 g7 ^5 q( \
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
: Q9 M4 n4 B! C% Jreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.* c. R3 F1 O7 J8 S
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
3 u' F. ]/ V$ L8 v# Uben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
m" h: l- m9 Xdisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with) x/ P& R& Z6 y ~8 _9 v/ B
"z" and "w" with "v".
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" n, @2 U0 o- ?During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
& I: }: V( M v% {after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl. N: \* d$ C$ m0 p# k8 l
8 P+ P) d1 M- U9 S2 mZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu) ]+ \; l! L6 w& E1 U
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
7 k4 ]2 V" D/ t* G2 _# uUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze: h7 }; a% ~; k! \% `- a# g
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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