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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will% |1 v" a+ a7 j; c+ Z7 z5 {" A
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English5 }5 p8 o) c7 o( h) @* |
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
3 |! h3 m. e7 F2 V+ x* D% [plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".0 C( T( ]% l2 x( S5 d" |
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make% C- c8 B2 Z* f' J( a" C% z% ?
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up7 N. ]1 m. ^% l7 i5 y {) {5 _; B
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.6 H' Y2 `+ U: l/ r9 B8 `6 m+ M
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the4 L6 ?! w6 n3 R2 c- u: ]0 B; Q/ t7 D, N" Q
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
" F7 u! H$ ]! d2 i8 _fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to5 O$ \9 k9 ^7 i% M* }: L1 k5 n( g
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible." T+ h- m. \/ E8 y( F. @' X
7 J+ K# J8 a; x# q( pGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always* r; Y4 Z1 t# E1 ]
ben a deterent to akurate speling.; `* `' A' z! [% j! F6 O
2 W) C0 }3 ~; r0 B, JAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
& a0 E* z* ?% ]: u; d2 f. |disgrasful and it should go away.& X+ h3 T& D" c+ U
5 T- }: }% w) k! T/ p! I- Q3 Y5 MBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with; k0 ~0 u2 z S7 J6 b- f6 Z% r( O) y
"z" and "w" with "v".* _, C4 O7 J* H6 r# O2 e5 \
/ Z$ _( A# R& V1 x9 oDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
e, ~3 g$ y1 n3 g- ~8 c2 ^- Oafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.5 I5 W; w& ^. \
6 U* w& D z7 V$ J+ O: x B) r. jZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
. ~" E' o9 E7 x, xunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
! l& ]! K% c! l) {9 |3 UUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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" j5 p/ t7 J; }, U& jIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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