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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will$ P: C: }3 ]9 f* S4 ]/ M( Y
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was: h8 m& r% I% d3 b7 Y% _
the other possibility." A% ?( {; [' U6 k8 N* C8 U7 V; l3 n
" |+ ^8 ~: O0 ?1 C. a0 |# u9 }8 p$ wAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
$ X. C7 k6 s2 J$ I9 sspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in& T) F% q4 N1 G5 q9 r# r4 q
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
, b: Y& D7 N4 S8 l+ E2 o3 rthe sivil servants jump with joy.5 g* Q9 X+ K* ]) d/ O- ?+ K
5 F5 U6 d7 b/ ~3 nThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
0 n1 B1 H, y) R- u) Hkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.7 x( ^" Z ]' _! c. m& q
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9 E n0 W) |3 J$ k4 j6 qThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
% R) l) n0 {; i4 O( ^5 Mtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like" C+ K5 X6 ?5 _% B, t
fotograf 20% shorter.
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( q. t8 r; @1 A8 i$ C9 ~. EIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
' x2 k5 J, j) E2 Kreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.% x# N: U+ }5 M4 m4 q& s* Q3 e5 D
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always3 y4 B- d9 I. l* X. g
ben a deterent to akurate speling.0 w4 q" R- ~" ?2 q. y9 D5 C
4 u! P- G0 A* L; e5 {Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
! G* w$ V9 B* N& fdisgrasful and it should go away., ~- S8 d3 [3 t+ C
3 N1 p9 l: L7 U" Q, _7 f4 R* GBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with: z, G" w3 t7 {$ U6 b0 y! u# c
"z" and "w" with "v".
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9 ]& P; ]6 I( m- ]" @" W: A7 \During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and# `8 f- o" V W
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.3 r N9 V' v' \# i& U1 Z0 R
0 U& r) U7 m Q J' [Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
& ]0 J" ^# s& f; G8 t( @understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
. z1 i% D: v. u; J9 e' }0 TUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze0 q+ b& b4 o& T+ y* D
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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