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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will% L; {: h# G8 p7 {! D
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
# T- U" ]1 V( _" K' J( m) |! \5 Qthe other possibility.
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2 q# j" e4 u! j8 B! S5 {9 L5 mAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
" l% t a' Z0 {/ y- Cspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
4 s \: ^3 ^; H( Eplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
' a; a9 H2 \" [& s9 B, Qthe sivil servants jump with joy.0 A; c+ J$ X$ k* q, r( d# s) s" y4 x
# h" d" q% d9 }- HThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
/ c* m Q1 o5 r$ E( F8 c& M( C9 bkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.1 z6 c5 C+ R# I( p
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2 D) S; s. r! r1 o! Z) Z. {5 W5 jThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
* z. d) e( c S! L- d& etroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
( d* x8 X0 {5 ~( [* k8 j; ?fotograf 20% shorter.
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: `/ p6 @4 A9 b% Z6 Q/ B$ S% ^In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
5 ?; @/ C6 p/ Y8 d- hreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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8 X' O2 [+ V Z8 Z" J; TGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
3 R6 r$ [0 Q! r7 ~5 Y* ]5 p" x, Zben a deterent to akurate speling.3 ^$ |0 n6 a9 p+ d
& n/ D: D* a' q" zAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
4 ]/ l# f. s$ X+ \disgrasful and it should go away.
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- T( Q- [4 H. i0 T( z; M) SBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with) L' p2 e& N/ J) y8 {# p
"z" and "w" with "v"., y ]" U; K5 ?) P. G
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
+ ]) p7 \& g- U1 F w& T {0 `* f; Uafter 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
: F! X3 L1 @( k- U6 G% ]! funderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.* c: I* m! v$ C0 T5 m/ q
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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% O# X7 f5 J! t& ^% o) l% yIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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