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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will0 I$ u9 ~0 e1 x& s5 ?' e) ^+ ^- G
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was4 R9 \5 k% h) U/ B
the other possibility./ b2 T. k4 C2 B$ K( [
2 D) t9 g' o2 ^0 b" y9 ?As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
1 q7 ^$ ]' a; O( {$ Nspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
8 v% r" ^* q/ `( Y) B+ L- ~+ oplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".( S s; u! u- _- E
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make5 q! v8 {" o- h, F5 t; Z
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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0 D/ M! K0 s2 l- F1 L7 F3 Y- \The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up0 L9 @" l0 ]6 Y- t6 x+ _# |1 `, Q) ]
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter., n; j$ m) {' {' ^$ K0 g( b
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+ \) o+ ]: B; }( DThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the( l. h& y0 F# z( \- i( s4 Y9 H, Z
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like4 F9 u" z! M+ t! [7 ?' I/ W
fotograf 20% shorter.
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: p& f/ ~! V$ bIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
! a% E# x7 z" |( q/ D" M2 t# ^reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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4 s- o9 n. {- VGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always0 D$ J# j) s7 M( r+ d* s+ M6 |
ben a deterent to akurate speling.% i; b6 a M# k
' p' n2 U( R& ?! ?" E9 CAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
3 u4 I& [5 ~7 t) C a* B3 Y7 hdisgrasful and it should go away./ [4 M: U2 F. B9 t9 x9 ]/ w( b/ n
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with$ f9 @7 u+ p! v6 A/ R, a
"z" and "w" with "v".
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) m; Z! s) B$ o8 G8 xDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
7 _0 K$ s; A/ V$ k( p; xafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu9 b) p4 h0 O- U* D! z
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.- N* |( W% t. j0 Z. R/ q3 \
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze; m6 Y+ e. N2 u, Q* O% h
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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