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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
' }! o$ h0 J% {2 F! ?* z- Ebe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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D9 [) ?) ?# d+ a/ WAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
1 q) [- y) M( z: q. W8 x9 C, Lspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
6 C2 i) r, A$ r% t- m* j7 ~plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".% X- z$ i: h. |
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
$ ]( g9 y6 v6 V, a! U& dthe sivil servants jump with joy.. }7 s/ D, P/ o! \1 S' j; N
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
* C: F% Z! X! n+ R* \konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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' k6 t9 G5 d3 O7 j/ G; iThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the; V. N! j$ u e9 E" s% [
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
- `7 t0 t r9 @/ }fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
( a$ }- N. Y# L4 \% I$ y; T/ V7 D& Sreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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+ g$ Q* H6 A1 |+ E& y, [: RGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always: M" V1 u$ B. n" H* G
ben a deterent to akurate speling.. m; f- ~' V. u- Q
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
8 {& Z- ^- z+ a% zdisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with1 C! d! g1 v! j4 ?- z
"z" and "w" with "v".3 ^0 o" y' ]2 M" `, U0 [1 Q
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
% S2 L' D5 u% S" yafter 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 tu( Q1 C) t( r W& ] o
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.8 B2 t2 e" I, R; j
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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