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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
7 y( l7 f# C5 U, M& \" Pbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was' c! ? @6 K6 I H2 p% ?6 L# c8 X
the other possibility.
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v2 a2 ?6 T, zAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
9 }2 ~/ J; H! ]( k$ d3 rspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in; R- a; ]5 P! P8 Z5 y$ @# D5 ?
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".: [' a+ J: P/ [+ P/ y) q
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make7 ]' `+ x: ~ ~6 `
the sivil servants jump with joy.! _: p3 J; P1 n
, @* m; N5 p! G4 Z! n* i' CThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up) o& G, s% T/ [9 N+ O
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.3 [) K/ G/ F$ x& M r' n
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
' f7 z1 u: U7 D" a" }troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
8 X# x- e- r# k4 ?fotograf 20% shorter.9 U% r+ }# S. [: }, ?+ Q8 h" p
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to" a1 k+ ^ P# c! K6 ?$ A
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.% A: D1 _9 |" ^. w i/ O3 {" X
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
W, }/ s; T: fben a deterent to akurate speling.7 U" ^3 Z0 M2 z' A, b
7 ]; z. @* E9 Q" n* vAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
& r5 r; y, J0 T1 q! S$ H% d! Kdisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with, j5 x, X* _: G, _
"z" and "w" with "v".9 W6 H$ Y; k% M. a
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
4 X! V, |7 h& bafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl. c! K' @3 ?/ r/ g
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
5 A! ~- p! t' } E5 cunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.- s3 x. y# Q" {9 a5 s& F1 `! k8 j
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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8 a) n6 K# }5 X# P1 nIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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