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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
7 u( \: g+ x' C3 T$ y& Qbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
3 ^1 W% I0 P) n+ L3 a' E) vthe other possibility.
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. U, z4 R0 }- d0 K6 [6 MAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English5 b& T: z( L. D( n* m3 x$ V2 e/ ?
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
- ]3 p7 M) T. m# d1 U* ]# V% Eplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".5 X/ x8 U7 u: r! A
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make Z9 ?4 c# b" [/ K' n! T
the sivil servants jump with joy.# h3 V- h' L; k/ v" W5 N1 `$ B& }
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
% o$ E3 d3 x T3 Q# a7 g& a- ckonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter., [# k1 k9 ]! Z. J+ {; E- C
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8 M# X% c6 P3 ~9 Y3 H2 |3 J5 {- vThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
$ j' O9 c# {2 U3 {troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like0 f+ c- s! b- x8 h
fotograf 20% shorter.' \6 y) W9 j) @# z1 ~. n$ T
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to0 B# P+ p4 p* {0 ?; k
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.6 y6 L' d, V$ g7 D
, M5 L* {% V1 Q/ B ZGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
0 q. p4 ]6 d9 y2 yben 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
- t2 O% j9 a1 K! _' Qdisgrasful and it should go away./ q! C4 W. x2 [& Y
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with0 r6 I- w. K+ t+ J- O
"z" and "w" with "v".
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+ N) g' q1 a" z" s5 Q& R. T zDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
, `* D9 Q O6 V2 a1 m$ ]/ G" N! Zafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.. b! V6 Q5 w& D% B3 n- c/ ^
7 c% e, ]3 ]: t; ]7 RZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
: g% `; ]# ~% o0 [3 Zunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
& Y$ }" r; ~2 {( n- g/ x: sUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze% z- {$ f2 j* Q/ S
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3 f; t& c. O3 C$ ?, K9 z6 s7 cIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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