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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
+ A( t( {- |3 B8 cbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was% G- ?8 \" }2 o# w8 ~
the other possibility.4 N& h: v6 K5 H. \
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English% w- @! q$ w8 Z! `
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
9 |$ g S* R: k# L/ g0 i) }plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".5 K# h: d3 f5 ?0 T$ A
& _, d: }. e3 UIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make( w" ~" T: @3 Q
the sivil servants jump with joy.1 ~$ n4 C9 _( N# g: {* a
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up4 A1 G, U8 d" ~. o8 r- `! j+ }
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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0 J1 u$ s. V/ m2 V/ ?4 H6 U4 }, \. XThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the* f8 R2 Q x$ C4 R4 Q' w
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like( x) E4 k! _/ k0 O
fotograf 20% shorter.7 ~0 b" E. l) O8 K S2 h' E; N
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
' ?4 h3 o/ M4 m4 a' u% ^reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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! ?9 Z p/ P1 M: z+ ?Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
( ]9 ~4 W' z+ s: Y! y- _" j7 k2 ~ben 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# k4 H2 c4 H+ K, Y% Q, C0 I4 K
disgrasful and it should go away.* Q2 ?8 g' v3 D1 d- g
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with' i# l. \, p+ C1 e' }$ ~. K
"z" and "w" with "v".1 }! N! G4 p! R
" t E( _! O' o# dDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and r1 W2 W. N7 w0 r8 P" i
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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0 e, T9 X1 o* E$ eZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu3 p& z8 A1 O4 B! N9 v6 \; G$ Y
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
1 E9 ~9 _- I0 S r( qUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze0 _9 V" ~, u4 R( A, x. p+ j
forst plas.
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- s+ K' H6 d4 I. T8 ^If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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