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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will. ^- }4 N- _; N, j) r
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was8 P/ d/ w) M0 P
the other possibility.9 P0 w" T8 F0 `; q& \
' g, C2 V# k5 L! w D% XAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English+ ^" R9 C8 ^- g' E6 x. q1 T
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in5 I, @: R, ]" O; Z$ m
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".& X# s0 D$ Y: t
3 U- c! Q; N' I9 o) ^ p( \/ nIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make8 x' F9 W3 C, \3 E* h7 O
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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' m8 F. I h" X; U( ?$ a9 _The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up& h( O1 ~6 f$ f
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.6 q' h$ S9 p* |) T
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
: Y: q) U( [1 [troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like# ^$ ~! E& D$ |% X
fotograf 20% shorter.' H- c/ X5 z6 A) H& K; h# I* b7 F0 q
0 C) j- W% T0 r: v0 U) h* p% F6 jIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
6 @$ s) |1 r6 ureach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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/ U6 a( p) Q' Z$ zGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
# \8 b7 H. V: qben a deterent to akurate speling.# ?, l4 G& e! s0 Y0 g
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
! r" A7 m2 S+ Hdisgrasful and it should go away.3 l, l2 q0 G4 r4 k: m2 b7 x
0 Z' F, b; s/ t( B9 VBy 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"and
8 x! S. B6 }8 L4 t0 R3 Wafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.5 j# w" W# @5 b; P S) ~
* X/ R3 b8 O4 DZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu, `$ m6 I; d: ^* G& Y6 [
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.$ `) U- h" |+ t8 Z9 G
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze! e3 V+ K8 F, j/ x8 t0 K
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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