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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will% g6 L: b* T5 H: U9 Y7 f7 ]0 G' ^
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was0 t/ { d8 t1 V( H8 n
the other possibility.
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& G1 G# v2 t( F. w; hAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
7 W+ N$ A, D% cspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in5 _8 s: ~- ~- x7 d8 W: x, s
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".1 \: `+ H6 f6 c, O) n
! x5 W# Y) B9 q9 DIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make2 }* N2 Y) H% z" |
the sivil servants jump with joy.- o+ k0 r2 U7 n) p( `. c
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
5 @& l* c( Q& t3 {konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.+ {4 W. o4 A8 ]. ^0 Y
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
3 S p; h& Q( ^7 |! utroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
3 G) Y, A0 l; R0 f7 C' Wfotograf 20% shorter.
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7 p: q( F, \% G( Q( x" M" }In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
[+ ^( g8 b& x& g+ Preach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.1 w/ Z& M0 b1 L! R R
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always! W* ]1 a: U1 n3 ?
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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& d' z L! E7 o, n* T1 zAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is1 ]# t6 r3 h; f
disgrasful and it should go away." Z8 g. G1 w6 v5 C i& B" Q8 g7 a
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and& s. G2 T' F, `7 ~2 H
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.9 y/ M+ _4 _" Q, D3 r. R
9 i7 ]2 x2 x4 e3 J O3 s( KZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu, a9 L: ]+ c' T" h: K7 d7 ~" h* N, c
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.7 a9 b* |- @$ Q
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze1 _$ `: l" N% }! a- J+ }, y! e
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! G" h S4 |3 Z6 jIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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