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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will( L6 t& A( W+ g3 X! T. N4 L, G
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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) q* |# v! P2 BAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English, @/ A" S8 ^/ W; K3 t+ s* z
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in, |* q' V9 F& h' i. Y0 K( ^' R% ?; Q4 f0 D
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
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up1 w2 T( f$ Z5 {8 g& O
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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s4 H: V. [ j( vThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
4 H6 e& G8 K0 s5 I$ w$ Qtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like& [/ ^! R8 d {, c$ D s9 ?! |
fotograf 20% shorter. \+ T: S/ ^& C% `
3 j0 C* K' p( TIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
, `; @+ V1 _2 V! Q+ m, ]reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
4 A% l; U! S# H0 z5 H9 |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
4 R( s% V3 _6 z! S9 u: w% `disgrasful and it should go away.
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; i+ \5 I% i/ v4 w8 g/ J) DBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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1 v3 t& U! z3 T9 t1 t2 bDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and* r& g) i9 K D8 [- N3 t
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.5 ~ f8 v7 |0 u4 q& S3 @
/ }0 C; I, p+ s6 MZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu) {1 g/ n4 O5 [2 B
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
4 v% |: J+ g0 j. }5 fUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze7 S$ K5 y, j1 _* b) Z* B
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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