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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
9 ]9 `. E E. ?' f- qbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
* a3 {* x2 Z) \: sthe other possibility.
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4 Z& ~4 B- v: J7 y6 u, ^& Q5 e6 @. H5 uAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
3 _! Q. t! x4 o) a9 M; g7 bspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in" I4 X0 u( [8 G* s' V0 D/ v% p
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".6 |# A+ S+ Y; k, f
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
" j' z7 L: F# U/ N% z- M/ H- |" `; Lthe sivil servants jump with joy.) Z( W% q/ I* R5 y/ ^
* Q( G/ M ^' _' Y, dThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up `: u1 I" G' n4 G
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.4 h9 o+ @/ r |, V4 a- I
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' H3 S1 X' j5 }5 D; ^8 RThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the9 |7 M& q5 _) Y- [0 b
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like1 Z' o, Z0 o9 z. `) v8 t5 q
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to: d% K, v( b8 B) c
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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6 f* B$ K2 f5 O' i$ hGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always0 b6 d: Q9 R7 I. U
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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! l+ r% a( H; b* u, _3 M8 KAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
4 W% v: w& {2 s0 odisgrasful and it should go away." s. V& C" l0 |% z) p$ r+ F
% z- h6 ]7 q' I. h$ ^By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
7 G8 r+ `% t$ o8 Y( Q"z" and "w" with "v".) m8 d0 G2 `5 a7 r @6 m& e b) x
3 A9 ^% G: t; BDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and7 L" K+ q _$ b# l
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.# l2 F; o( C. {. j8 E( X& C n. O- { D
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
. O$ v/ I$ e2 J4 Z# t, }understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
9 o& ~; q3 k, w8 G. w" _Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze# O" D U6 ?+ F3 D- t1 d, O, K
forst plas.& @7 B0 J% w/ l. K0 S6 Z
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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