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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will2 J& v# s& a7 H; O b( A( ~& v
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was) F. F. t- j; X: t) i. r8 v" R C: y
the other possibility.+ A. ?) n* K+ k7 F+ U. @
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
7 r' [' Z# L1 U4 a( J' v1 E7 ispelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in, k3 V; Y% s1 t& D* K. w3 l
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".1 n" V ]4 s! N) ~0 g* W
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
7 D! Z+ d- t6 E- r' O S$ Nthe sivil servants jump with joy.+ F. T3 ? C" m
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up& r3 e+ |2 _$ n' g
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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0 |* f( J; n. l2 F7 RThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
, H6 R4 m& m9 w. Gtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like0 f6 ?" r! S: K+ Q
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
$ M E3 v# ^0 E' n5 e/ o6 [! C0 Lreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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7 A4 A# Y. H3 b" FGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always. Y2 S" B; U& E1 Z4 T& ]
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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6 @) K+ n; q! r6 v- x6 K" tAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
6 k* l( ]2 m- v) ydisgrasful and it should go away.3 | K( \( C! E8 L& `4 F+ i' P6 s* N
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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6 a1 Z' s5 K7 b1 T9 hDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and$ b# k9 P2 _' i: O
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.1 A4 {% S: m1 Q- l
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu; x4 g! G% V! L2 ]/ f
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.. D% v+ `0 W. u) P2 Y5 U
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze: W: M; {7 X1 j6 f0 x2 _9 V" ?+ K! c
forst plas.
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' T" V8 h1 H3 i1 B" X& v- u) _If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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