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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will' s6 }7 u0 I, c7 ~! F" H
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was# k; g; R1 q! T4 F7 x. i
the other possibility.
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' n: a8 @. B q4 C" F* F1 N' MAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
% {2 P1 m# x( J# c" {6 E* I$ Lspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
/ M, h3 u$ M2 s0 ]plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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; l3 t3 B/ x5 F% r, I$ _, G s$ iIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
; b% l7 w& x. ? x1 u( x( y% Xthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up' ?- y/ d% B: g# @( p7 G; e' L
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
2 W/ R$ V" F8 x- t7 r8 `troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like/ i1 `2 N3 ?( C: {4 b
fotograf 20% shorter.
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. W; y8 V# `! _6 o' {' x* w$ UIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
& v" E6 E2 ^# jreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible." U5 U+ F& g( F0 k$ s* h
$ s, `7 ]6 b! G. NGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always/ t( v& _: \& Y2 v& b4 k! U( L
ben a deterent to akurate speling. V$ X; O, Y7 F- O
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
( R* p6 R( {6 R" ddisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with1 \5 v. C7 N2 S/ ~0 B) M
"z" and "w" with "v".; h! z' \' I* _# h! \
5 Y7 d+ i5 c% d$ W) H: G$ QDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and) S4 x- Z: o- ~0 X# D
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.: I* r' X4 ] t. f5 t
2 ]4 n- f0 d5 g3 \2 [, cZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu3 {2 `: p# s2 y
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
$ |' Y- W8 q1 bUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze; B0 R) k& G/ x& u
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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