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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will% E* \- ^) N; P6 @- C
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was" e( Y8 y# J/ Q& S* O; z+ f4 [
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) x0 W2 t, z$ t3 O" Q! mAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
. G; E, @& q! L5 Uspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
7 N; l; {" N5 W& q% dplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".. O n! o" L% s8 V+ `& m8 D! q' g
4 o6 T, A, [ V6 `4 WIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make, D4 T1 j- H+ S) ^$ u+ r
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
h Z8 I4 j6 E! R. \4 @* wkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.* P T1 ` j2 t+ B) V7 c0 m; ?9 T
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
) }" }2 R$ R ?- W- btroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like. H" Q, P$ H/ G
fotograf 20% shorter.% I8 B" Y5 X3 r1 u
" W8 D7 Q1 U3 l+ |( tIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to# m9 N6 b2 d# h- q w! H( A! b% I8 j
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always# F, G3 Q5 H3 Q8 F' v, @" g
ben a deterent to akurate speling.- N! s# H. V! u: r
8 i. X" P7 A% R) N9 c' kAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is" y% g" a- I7 l- Z; N
disgrasful and it should go away.2 y( T! k0 D7 A6 m- S" H# E e) p4 J
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with& _3 T( j* p) p; L m$ D
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and2 D$ u$ s* K0 S- `- R8 [
after 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
3 D1 P; L1 S. t4 K. d6 Munderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
: H2 t$ @; Q+ q( B0 U% E! E8 O9 ZUnd 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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