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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will2 p7 n# i; X$ I1 V
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was, W2 D( Y' b( J9 o/ G' d# F7 {* E
the other possibility.1 J" x- f4 l5 S/ g
- }: V5 h8 u! d5 }As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
, g, q5 w- B9 Jspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in, ]' P4 q5 g' k B; I
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".0 @5 v# |9 `! X6 Y
# R( E+ A6 C i2 \3 v* ?/ n5 PIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make: G; m: }/ `$ O+ `' @2 e3 ?8 H- C) O7 i
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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0 l. }$ s& S+ k Q5 y6 i8 l6 ^! wThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
x8 K& a3 Q4 E7 @& Ckonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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1 T/ x7 v9 X# L# v% hThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
9 W$ @: t% u" S: j( [troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
" @* ?; d) f& s! D! E. Ifotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to7 T% a( q( f$ ^; Y* O9 @
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always& R5 h/ k6 u0 c e0 j; Z
ben a deterent to akurate speling.+ c/ c* q$ [; g+ o
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is9 q9 p/ |' P1 ]0 d7 I3 D. V; {$ t
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with+ U% U; O9 u7 d0 G" K" J0 g: ~; F
"z" and "w" with "v".
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' w# L0 ~( b: q8 \During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and) A% G a5 m1 V* Z, o2 ~/ G
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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- h ?: ` C2 x* D9 hZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
+ J7 Y. i1 I" X" H; runderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
$ Z% E+ ? S- i' m/ G$ y1 fUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze# z9 \5 B a% E: Z- A( {* _6 M9 K
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3 O% L$ R5 l/ Q( \# wIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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