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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will2 ^/ L3 T9 R0 J' F9 ~; X
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
0 E9 W# Q% B( e4 b& x5 a1 v9 K) qthe other possibility.- n3 w; w; U- y
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
* T! D: C* p O+ R' hspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
( B" c- i& ?# yplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".2 ?8 g q j1 n6 ~3 G- R
8 G# I6 M$ Z0 ]2 w) [In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make b' s' ^& u( \! \' `' w# N
the sivil servants jump with joy.9 D; j- d8 r+ N3 u" V
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
, J! s" W% e! b/ Y) Y3 Nkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.4 T3 Y3 `, ~0 l, } q; e2 U
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the' B2 S B$ _' u& B. s& R# r
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like4 D* u3 F/ ]2 o& @
fotograf 20% shorter.
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: |7 ~9 O' P; v* x+ @In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
1 c9 v6 u7 o7 r5 G; Z8 X: }$ b/ [reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.8 X5 D% x. N4 I! z" Q. d9 I
" ~+ O% U2 C* _ bGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always+ b" Y; ^7 y: \
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is2 F. z. J3 v. U0 m5 T/ A' y6 K% W' b" [
disgrasful and it should go away.% x) }, \8 e6 @8 f: @
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By 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"and9 V$ S( E/ }/ K6 x1 Q) u- D
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl." v9 _% z5 c* t
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
3 K& w. j5 t+ m ~understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
3 U2 g/ V. F$ C% P$ E+ NUnd 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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