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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will: U* i! x- r( e
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was* o% G6 z: |( H$ S- l1 o
the other possibility.
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& W4 u% ]: X6 j6 r/ R: `1 KAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English8 r6 f" e: ?: L
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in( R# S5 l, f9 n- d; }( ]
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"./ X# E }. y, Q! X$ M
) \9 g0 E+ B# p& L6 r( I# rIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
4 N @+ n7 ~6 F& o: Z( E! u; \% Sthe sivil servants jump with joy.# j1 z5 @& _0 F1 D5 l
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
" B) d0 n1 P0 ?konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the. }$ S2 v3 [9 `/ }2 G7 s. U! |
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like; }6 h0 r- m/ U$ _: a1 f" t0 A' O d
fotograf 20% shorter.
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- ~3 Y. R3 A3 q/ @: U- H+ yIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to5 c! W! h+ G, L/ L) D }
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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, C" U( I; p; b- g6 X/ VGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always) x: _" l4 E* I/ g
ben a deterent to akurate speling.6 d0 \/ M; g p- s/ a, S* R% Z1 E
]$ ?3 @( Y& Y) v! I2 R8 x/ wAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
! M' B+ l4 W$ Xdisgrasful and it should go away.1 D1 b% T, _2 [% b' ^+ {7 n
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with D& a. q7 J& s
"z" and "w" with "v".
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* ^' m$ C3 |4 N. R+ a. mDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and% l$ p6 g# ~6 F% g+ ^0 ]. H
after 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
1 h5 x* j- C/ {& S3 p! Tunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.0 V+ D2 k: q5 D
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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