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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
: \% w( H* U! M) Z" B# }+ K4 ?# ^be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was. u% ~( T% ?+ g+ j/ o2 l' x' L
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English) _0 T$ z) [3 l( s
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
4 O& `% o' Z" J) c! f& ^. cplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
1 H8 B, W7 |" q( ?3 lthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
d* ]* E& x8 D3 P( O5 jkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.' a# u# X' M* q" ~' M I6 |
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
) j' V0 q6 {: B! Q+ Q; r3 ~troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like8 @( t( _7 i; e+ i: ?9 f- ]' D! a0 J
fotograf 20% shorter.( p$ g% J) H: l7 }9 _
! t1 A! |: c7 A- O$ F( B7 I8 dIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to4 P6 @: H: G, i7 K
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.* D5 Y' F w/ {7 Y: m
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is4 }5 O! h8 U* T
disgrasful and it should go away." a, K$ J- j/ C2 @) |
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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
' e# J! S# c2 b1 s! _after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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) y# e( T4 I# XZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu! t/ d l+ ?* ^6 p0 ]6 ]8 T& w
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru." U. b6 z; z# ?8 [( l
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze6 U1 Z c+ }, ~6 ~; S
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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