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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will, B9 h& S' m+ a8 f5 l5 l
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was( G5 g; v* p4 D* E e
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English7 g3 n7 Y/ p& a6 @
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
8 L2 ? X6 @; o$ R6 h$ Lplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"." E& O+ `% }& A
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
, o, [4 A' f9 P2 x, ]6 Bthe sivil servants jump with joy.1 P: w+ R3 j/ O/ P; i3 v7 t" i
- Q! T) Q7 H8 V' z( `The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
! r& T; x# x8 S( \; Xkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter./ l7 N( z: n; R: f& B# m A3 S, A4 ?
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
- I7 `2 y$ N! L$ U% K: T* |8 Utroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
* ]4 E1 {# F2 Y( \7 P) F$ O: }fotograf 20% shorter.* Q/ A. J' X1 y# k
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to2 g, R! x9 d# ^6 Y
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.5 `+ C& u& Z+ S! i9 Y! R1 r
8 C% \. o: S& P1 W; Q4 VGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always4 n9 `) R/ F4 q+ a5 s
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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; H! B9 T D: \8 w5 ?Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is& x6 U9 Q7 m1 A4 T, d; H( ~' }3 ?
disgrasful and it should go away., x. Z- N5 s/ X% Q
8 j. a1 ^" c3 i0 c- U" X4 QBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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K; ]6 {. o9 o T8 ?; `2 X) h0 EDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and0 ~' ]; h& x' q7 d
after 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
& P9 D# p7 O2 e3 a v% Cunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.' a) j: t/ `# k+ p
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze$ M4 M2 ]5 [% ~) B6 M
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$ h; b/ Y$ _: U& b! vIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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