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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
* k, k" e- W) K" V" Tbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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: [1 `1 ?: L, J5 \! j( {9 ?) _As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English( }' _- R) a7 p. _
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in" t/ W# E% X& \3 t
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make( E; \( p g, G1 z" a
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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5 L/ E0 B8 Y! z0 ]5 q! yThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
- S/ N& L# S$ Y L& ~' hkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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6 t; B! H8 ?- x; \3 v! \0 KThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the0 a/ \4 @! d4 ^9 a& x5 y
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like# Y1 g7 _+ A6 h. I: X: O' a
fotograf 20% shorter." F+ k1 p5 m4 h0 b# k8 A
" I9 i& s- U) t7 d& iIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to/ y/ u- Y. M1 r( q' t6 {
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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& d9 Z1 E/ w& W& W0 W ^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
, d. I+ d8 G2 Z' R# [) |. gdisgrasful and it should go away.' A8 `. k% w: u1 I [) _' u% p
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with. w2 F+ e, K/ c, a! {: F
"z" and "w" with "v".0 O9 H) K! T9 v, C* Q* Q
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
4 h9 y. ^8 o# n" ?3 vafter 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; n4 g- m" i8 U6 n$ m; ]
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
& ^# h* h1 A* e' ?- U/ ^Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze1 Z, H. F* U! y4 q& X+ i. F/ i% K
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- B/ v6 `7 w3 ]8 e7 v* P. J) Y0 ZIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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