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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
4 i6 p" J9 X9 [# i7 y- i# ^be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was4 f; d) z8 j+ Z! z8 S
the other possibility.6 m) a- n# P# L% `% k
( T6 \4 y, e; P! Z) DAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
* P; T. G0 R5 c7 ~% X5 [* Ospelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
8 U4 v+ u# C7 ]& m& Y$ B& c+ ^plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".; \# ?6 X# B- `/ b" B! P+ B* r
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make; x, D' g8 V3 [
the sivil servants jump with joy.: T) Y% o' R$ N; L
- X, ~. J g5 I+ K7 @1 yThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
8 E6 [+ s8 Y; m Tkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.; ~: S$ t$ m0 _0 Y! P3 m4 U0 V
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( {4 ^2 j S# b! gThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
4 x8 ~, j1 k0 ?3 V1 H" H4 btroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like3 M9 Q* ^5 u0 D
fotograf 20% shorter.4 w0 y( W3 H2 @) x% S4 u" }$ J
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
3 C5 l7 ?( Z, ?4 G j5 x) }3 Lreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible." ]( d) L y& s3 K q
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always4 B+ W0 x7 w: m, L! j" E
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
7 G' J! C! [% w2 e mdisgrasful and it should go away.1 k3 b( x! {# |! f7 n* [& g
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with$ h' w) T6 b$ N6 N
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and& y; R1 }- h j; ?, c
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl." z( [3 U; q. j
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu8 z/ v" @0 I: |
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.% m( ^- `2 Y7 r: }
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze) m6 R9 @2 v) x5 f W! a# q
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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