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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will! X3 p; ^- y( t: K0 N; |
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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+ t! J# S* P T6 \9 C$ c7 N+ sAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English" ^9 g) v( S& v! ~# k: A. R, B
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
" Y7 Z& z0 Q. m8 s3 Iplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make" |6 O& p+ ^. G/ F0 \- K9 L
the sivil servants jump with joy.9 T% d9 T7 u# M: X
* h: B- j3 [; JThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
, F' }3 w& A# W7 t& T( \) v6 {konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.: ` p2 t$ O3 p- @6 z
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the/ J3 _+ M- X& z: }8 O0 l! \
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
$ Q8 U2 P% h$ v. N; Y$ {1 p- Gfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
6 V/ ^/ e) Y# mreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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+ g' q6 [# i3 x j3 h, Y, fGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
: @& Y7 @! I2 p/ J4 Cben a deterent to akurate speling.8 l+ o# D0 ]/ [% ?# g
- [8 x$ h7 f5 Q9 q. o0 b! \9 I7 nAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
O: z- q( a D' E: Gdisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with# q+ f8 X. ~% q2 D& E2 d! e
"z" and "w" with "v".# L7 B9 H+ n& e U
% U3 `% s4 q9 ^: q6 ODuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and! V4 p; i% {- i C! {0 t, n' Z* C
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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' U5 s8 T" t" X, VZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
1 D8 c6 x$ A7 \- Eunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.- @, [! P: j, l8 q
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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