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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will* c/ r P" e% C' q# Z, s7 S
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was% C- k0 K* A( [ ~
the other possibility.
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9 j, X, S) T; ^. t* t, r, `9 }) x2 {As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English' h+ @& y4 B W+ X2 |8 x9 S6 i
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in; o- E! M V* l7 J; J' C7 j
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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1 ?5 u* r! W" m1 s& C$ z4 WIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make2 b9 e5 h) }* g/ y) g; e: a. \
the sivil servants jump with joy.) x2 a( U k% r9 u0 i; h
. \: B( D$ u$ \$ U* G/ I: P9 {The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up C. I8 Q0 A; |5 ]+ |% l
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.) Q5 p; A, L3 {, Y. M6 ]- c, `
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
& Q. m: a* X# ftroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to l! i! ]% T3 X2 _- C; [# M/ [5 K
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. q+ G# Y/ Q( x* v; `4 N( h, u
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always$ P1 H8 X: L+ L. n, r) [+ A
ben a deterent to akurate speling.& e( o H, X2 R, d
% [) f; W' `3 ?6 HAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is) e0 ^# |6 h$ a8 P: k. k: u
disgrasful and it should go away.' Q. Y! a& z. s; b# S
5 d& e: X& P# i* T% Z# P5 P& NBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with- i" e2 R" Q/ f9 S- F2 M* G
"z" and "w" with "v"., U4 j( u6 ]" }
& A7 v5 n C# z! rDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and0 T! M4 y5 m1 f
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl. u/ v @* d3 Z5 ^! P
- T: ?1 i6 y* j! P" j. x5 ^+ w4 V1 }Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
6 X4 R; C, p- W; I. A/ f3 H" eunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru. S2 r2 @ C5 r8 H
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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d" y2 u- z \: }If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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