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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will; ]$ ^- M* i4 p9 c. T- Q& j9 E+ A
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
9 K; `2 {$ b2 T& [3 bthe other possibility.
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& Y8 Z! k; N( [( y! `% o# g0 cAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English: D/ X. K2 ^; X1 J
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
1 t3 X- M' F" L. F& Wplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".# y+ I7 G/ R& `1 Y$ X
2 r y+ k& `' s5 d- e+ x' S! UIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
* w) S/ O* F$ J, y) X% Zthe sivil servants jump with joy.! D# f$ O9 X" e7 o8 O$ @
# w; X! ]: b; u& @, gThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up) X# v" i, O9 f( q9 z( J+ d2 C6 c! R
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
9 m6 h! c; a- K+ H* Ytroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like( m# P/ t. C6 P/ O3 T4 b. v5 @1 p
fotograf 20% shorter.5 ? L' Y( s1 S1 w* Y
+ Q; x. Y: S5 z* dIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to9 F% }' O0 @: C9 \9 _
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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" d) z$ }) ?8 o% M/ s2 E. ^Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
, t# a+ c; C3 B; F3 S8 Sben a deterent to akurate speling.- [( M5 f4 t& V5 A: h2 a
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is1 h$ [! E/ ~4 l
disgrasful and it should go away.5 [; |: D+ P1 z1 X
+ V* q6 f. T# w9 `1 b K6 MBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with8 \0 ]# M6 G( _$ T) F/ Q( C
"z" and "w" with "v".; H4 M* n; p. Z( l G5 u& Q5 n; O v( g# H
; \! m# u. [; vDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
) Q8 Q5 d! I$ a* m V5 U( b; pafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu' D$ U7 z4 F$ e6 [
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.8 V0 r. ~; y9 h* N, O- o
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze0 }2 P/ a3 l7 Z2 p% o
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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