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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
1 {! W! L. t. R4 B5 y: f& jbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was# y% X5 S% d$ M2 j, R7 u2 ]- `4 a6 l
the other possibility.
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6 K$ Y' R( L" t& w7 x+ v& |' MAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English- t% o( u. C/ w' ]+ E! x
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
0 z5 c6 a* k) l) Q+ y3 z' O9 v0 \% kplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".5 B/ q, c1 y. c. S: ?6 e" v4 B
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
m1 b6 X% g+ Z' n! q. G; Ithe sivil servants jump with joy.9 V( j8 D( ]* B, ]. l& ~
$ b* N6 ^# i2 W4 _+ Y( P2 K/ {The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
' g1 _- {( j* O% _8 B( mkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
7 O& Q' M! |6 z7 |, ^4 itroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
5 f- s& a8 f& v/ B6 K+ ^7 Afotograf 20% shorter.
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' s+ f- f6 O4 S2 C* S8 yIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
% Y2 M0 y: U i2 A- areach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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$ X3 ?0 z8 e3 M: P- d! \. w) n# yGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always w* ^# G: K! g: g
ben a deterent to akurate speling.* b; B( M4 I, q5 P" g$ e3 [
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is: q* X0 D W" x: j1 H
disgrasful and it should go away.. A" ~8 I8 {, Y. d; j
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with7 K: Q7 D# p! e- K- _
"z" and "w" with "v"./ t. s c3 c) O- E9 x. o/ {
" ^8 z. J' Z8 K, A3 D B4 v9 c- xDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and0 ]: P3 t! n a) j
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.5 M$ F$ c9 D; v- I4 F& c7 E
& a- ^8 t s3 J, k9 p0 O) D) T- ?7 ZZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
+ b+ z; c5 U1 l2 zunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.& F) a' }2 ^# e% T) Z
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze1 L5 t8 t5 ^ M' P" I! w! ^4 G$ D
forst plas.
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) V" h# Y4 Q0 m' z2 \If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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