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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
( d, A: O) d5 T1 b! O6 u1 Jbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was5 ^+ j2 Q( c4 L+ R+ h5 t2 j: c
the other possibility.7 l; L4 p0 v9 ]4 h E( ]% _2 `
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English- N6 B. M; M o! B% u0 g
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
9 ^3 y- n' {5 h/ w7 {3 a$ S& l' Nplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".2 [3 G$ H j2 c5 z2 i& e: u
8 i7 ^* ~. p7 e; A6 z( L# dIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make2 B. u9 e6 c; E
the sivil servants jump with joy.# w) U6 J" g3 l0 I3 [" ^
& I1 f$ l; Z4 m5 ~The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
# M: T7 b- _/ p5 [7 r# K; ~konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.- E; F) y( l, ~: w
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; V4 C/ ?+ e) o8 I9 c4 F) wThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
- K1 t2 ~% @: Y# Ctroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like( u; x) ?+ `8 o1 H' J- }: Z
fotograf 20% shorter.% F$ G3 B+ Z, d
" w# X* y$ G! E: EIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
. i( \2 T2 P$ G; w2 h2 [1 ureach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always9 R/ f8 q6 h( j2 X! |
ben a deterent to akurate speling./ z" l' l+ q' Z# j# i/ G: x
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is/ v a( B: J+ o" K
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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* v7 `9 ` r1 N" r7 m2 A9 z( vDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and" }/ ]+ T" Z: X7 Y, s9 q$ e
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 tu9 t- h* k6 X. l, K8 r& F7 z4 N
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
2 y( V3 M; ?# s0 n0 ]" IUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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1 k& z% H! C2 _. P, q6 A0 W6 A: w pIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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