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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
% F( H7 O* N* x/ ^* xbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
n3 d, n( z9 Q& M j# ~the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
2 I7 j' J8 e0 i( jspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in, [$ g( l8 v6 A# m- {( C- z. F
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make9 @4 [: I( n/ H, O" v$ c3 R
the sivil servants jump with joy.9 W+ C6 x) q) l' D
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up) n0 R/ n& J2 A8 Q! a* H% h# m G" N
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.* ~3 v8 l- Q+ s' h2 V! a
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! j* w7 ?/ j- }There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the- [4 U5 m1 l4 y8 @! A; Y/ j( H, h4 S4 Z
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like) d# J4 ]+ b% K5 q" ~
fotograf 20% shorter.
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2 I3 U' m% V8 [" D- O% Q! |In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to) R! ~% ]) i. u4 z4 _4 }
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always* R& S; ]( M, l7 N
ben a deterent to akurate speling.3 X3 I) }( W0 V+ F1 [
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
4 l$ i6 m, h- k' H0 v5 _5 U8 tdisgrasful and it should go away.3 n! H) J! b& h4 E1 }
) H2 J: f9 @/ b. lBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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& S+ q% c5 r7 }) f8 H& |- x/ YDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
; s; `1 S: C2 u6 E d5 nafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.6 N3 o( w/ t* w2 w
, W& ^6 X: y% |* `; UZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
% Y& p. {! E% b! ?* N/ l# e! Wunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.* X* _ P' z' k! X9 l
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze/ y: N" F% t+ W/ D
forst plas.
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0 E9 G( T- b# W/ O9 c: uIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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