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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will @/ o) a( T, l2 t' H. a
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was* c9 G E9 A/ F0 [/ }) M; l
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
" W' R/ i# k# c7 A1 ispelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in5 ~% F( P, ^) l# p+ Y8 p
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".- m0 n2 W) E9 C; T& G1 \
5 c0 P& _9 ^- d1 I& yIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make( c( ?) [% R6 f) G: O
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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, L- A2 ~3 k/ K: jThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
w5 |& J) d+ q" ?' b: Hkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
; R* o$ f( v4 l. Vtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like, g$ w1 Q" l5 i# J
fotograf 20% shorter.
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0 M5 W2 j, c! b$ UIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to+ \. v9 Z! V- G% O: G4 q
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.* P! j' ?( R5 f. t0 S
J8 N* d. Q& aGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always" d6 \' s0 ^* m$ v! M: O" g8 P) G& E
ben a deterent to akurate speling.# [# U- G y" x
3 t) r' J4 x6 h9 J% Y5 R" qAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
4 J7 t# F1 T9 Bdisgrasful and it should go away.1 l5 g4 n3 S" t& {
5 Y: J4 l& o& N, L7 Y/ t+ ^By 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% u3 m7 w0 D0 x: Q9 S" x+ g3 w* g
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl. H$ `/ S- r3 n- u& B V
5 B! v5 w* _# Q, J @) xZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu9 y: I2 _# R+ l4 c/ z; v( \
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.3 n0 G+ a( `! K( @$ c: d
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze/ z9 w( H8 H0 f! g2 C" }, @1 J5 B
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Q# o4 O: E& ]' g3 w' SIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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