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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
8 }5 x1 M8 X# M0 C* Ybe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was* \' E1 P) ^: v! j! N, Z
the other possibility.- c$ {$ {/ }- z3 y0 k2 e/ S: S9 _
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
; A* c$ V- M" O4 X6 A' J' espelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
Q; J+ i9 H: bplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make3 Q2 D; D5 I) z1 E I
the sivil servants jump with joy.3 W4 _- x- @% n1 J* J
- A2 V. s6 [+ A6 x- E- V. o8 LThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up( G H& y/ \9 r" j$ N
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.% Z) p/ r- u" Z
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1 {, t2 ~1 n- g+ s5 ?, CThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
9 g2 Z& p& l* o) x- U4 b( Z: ztroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like' y- P, }2 S" I' b( L
fotograf 20% shorter.' t( [8 M1 S3 }7 F: X4 L
" G5 e2 k! q, U u& V$ n [In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
o, a4 P3 ~. Q& kreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always/ H7 H; _3 |2 x+ \' e
ben a deterent to akurate speling. `& l! l3 z6 w f' x; D
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
; r9 G7 H3 Z' d2 k. p) r Q, ydisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with3 u Q4 t- S, |2 L8 s
"z" and "w" with "v".
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3 L# l; P+ l9 H" S3 I$ n! NDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
+ k: Y0 I: u, v" ^. T A# tafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.# r' J! ^7 b, p9 Q! r& y7 r: O
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
4 X3 D0 o8 N! X8 o8 `understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
F6 }; Z, c: s7 V$ aUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze7 }1 K0 ~1 m1 H6 m7 c# z9 J$ B" L7 _
forst plas.
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( M7 s# m6 e+ w, [$ Q% SIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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