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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
* r7 \% f( v, qbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was* L2 L5 Q* a, l
the other possibility.
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* y4 b; N% T9 O& vAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
* N9 q4 E) `; R, I+ ]spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
6 ?" j& A, g4 Mplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"." D. h9 l) A/ f u
: _9 ]( c8 f2 j. g4 IIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make, R. a+ L2 }' ~5 F/ y- d2 M. O
the sivil servants jump with joy.2 V% ]% j9 h4 m5 n' H8 E# D, |) `
' Q6 e6 q: M. m* @# x% z) f0 I" S6 kThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
8 O6 {+ t% ^/ ?3 X. ?konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
- s$ [' H4 b- i3 Gtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like: d, _2 Z. V! `9 x; j
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to( ]& M8 Z3 [2 E4 v X8 a
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.7 a, q* F) ?6 O2 m4 x
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always5 X* B" T% I- E- T: `' b
ben a deterent to akurate speling.9 y! D" M( G0 v5 c' X* Q1 N
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is5 b% o. V3 y# p6 N% _+ Q4 ]: L
disgrasful and it should go away.1 b6 Z& F7 a! N( o( i
+ [# {6 \+ `# t* [* Z- ~1 u3 _1 mBy 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"and4 U+ A9 f$ ~5 T5 {- c5 f7 c- O
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.7 g {0 u# ^2 s
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
; |' O/ \9 g! q, S: l: iunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
; o1 ?1 v+ P8 j$ U/ xUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
# Q6 f6 k: j/ f5 Qforst plas.
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3 V% ~( W6 [) s9 g$ d8 W* TIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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