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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will ]0 [+ n- [' O+ ~9 {5 ]: n' v3 t5 }
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was4 S! M$ j7 g0 V( k$ \! W
the other possibility.- D; ~: @ K; I( p- g2 I, ^7 B
1 r* [) m+ j5 E9 w2 lAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English2 @& B) B5 q6 u; b) s8 i
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in. |+ t& U4 i' c6 t' ?
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".1 j& Z) l( I$ c6 I3 _
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
3 H! j: c/ f% k" o8 G$ R! R* z4 jthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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5 p- s8 W1 M CThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
% a( ?+ {+ p" _7 f2 O( Q1 C* Wkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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6 r% k2 e4 q9 N# ^There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the, ?# n" m) ^$ Y, ^: R
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like; a. ^; X# g$ Q
fotograf 20% shorter.
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0 M* V6 } V/ a8 S1 KIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to7 m6 n0 i" h! T7 `/ B' i' B
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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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 is
0 i' V. h. p6 R$ T9 X l6 m/ m( Cdisgrasful and it should go away.. M. a% Y- |. }: T
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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
! p* A' p/ e$ `2 ^# e6 n* v2 qafter 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$ X# y+ O) Z2 @# [( j3 E" M* t
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.$ q1 d& i+ C4 _
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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