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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will: V/ n. y0 b0 H2 `+ ?$ G* z' e
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was. I9 ?0 {1 z! W; K$ A) G1 |
the other possibility.
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' k1 q( C" j+ v2 j! @6 [- }As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English# y- l; F' p( K: v
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in2 f7 [# b7 J# ]7 }* d! D d. ]" G4 W
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".+ H( ~6 w$ x% g% E( D8 C* l
1 z) E( o6 F7 v2 FIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make4 E% `3 t+ \' c H; m% {: Y9 d" C& f
the sivil servants jump with joy.) ?- ? Q! H: _! H0 g' a
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
. r$ K1 b3 c) T! bkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter./ u2 \$ _/ p. \: u! j, V
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) w( I, @4 w( S D0 u4 fThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
% ~! G* ^& Y$ Y* u) j$ e/ Otroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
7 {; X3 W$ \! Y) } Nfotograf 20% shorter.
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4 Z2 ]$ e9 d: b/ X+ zIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
9 Q g4 Y0 d8 h( [% Z, Freach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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8 n! v. F3 h6 K. AGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
6 V7 I) {4 @( {( H/ ~" |) sben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
8 i2 H; ?. `% n4 G bdisgrasful and it should go away.
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; a' ?/ K; s" S* `" \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 Q3 z- `! N: W- A7 ?$ L: V4 [" ^
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.% D0 q6 O. q) t, h4 L6 O6 Q
6 C# O0 \6 G( i# {( O- JZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
' h- C+ Z( N1 o0 F4 E8 D# sunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.. h; ?! N$ n, t N7 Y- U' }
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze# J5 p9 X ]# Q' O( h9 `
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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