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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will U3 W) v" k6 a2 {. v7 J
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
7 q0 x" K' x( l+ y7 d+ i, zthe other possibility.
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1 ^- o: X6 J8 A, K; v* P4 U7 UAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English9 p* T3 o( N) x X3 O, ?: i" J
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
- j2 q r8 o/ W- @* n& Fplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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" A/ G% v/ w- W- u% R1 NIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make" o5 M+ v E) r( t
the sivil servants jump with joy.7 A/ T3 |0 o2 K0 G, @" G% x) ~
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up/ m6 z& s2 \$ m0 F# _1 m
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.! Q. L# k1 `( Z/ Z# k! U: I
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- ~ S3 @$ n4 W1 [; sThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
8 @; D1 S4 P8 M* Etroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like& y& ], u4 [, o* M- D& s
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to# t) _( _( _9 T: k) p- H
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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; c1 G: T/ h# a4 tGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
. f9 a0 t! j/ u5 o$ nben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is! R6 A1 O& s% S4 ~3 a+ X( C: {5 x
disgrasful and it should go away.) l# M# U3 V3 F/ W+ r' Z
( R2 o, d3 r, {$ QBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
) v2 M2 [ }' |, Q( |7 nafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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, z4 S% |& \, I& I* e% \( AZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
" w! K$ Q/ _6 s" X2 K1 ?' S- Eunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
X4 l: x) i+ ?) |Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze, R- W0 c! h6 W) q$ q6 y& s k* {
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: h. I/ Y8 d" g6 J0 D' s4 pIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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