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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will+ @* U/ O1 p9 }$ a% m
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
$ i3 Q) b$ Q/ Dthe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English l! S6 B8 A. e
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in* d) J' [% A9 @- M
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".0 [4 ]9 h) F0 H5 N: P/ P
% A6 {% k& _+ |$ ~5 o: |In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
( B4 \" o$ x2 }) y6 R$ othe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up L* z# v( @3 j+ H
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.+ z6 ]1 {: ~+ A# `7 k0 E
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, w% A& m3 r& NThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the \! S/ ^! d; `2 H
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like2 h& y, w2 m' o/ z' I3 W' U
fotograf 20% shorter.& I2 j: Y1 v% C
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
" Y$ E" X; l& K8 C) r6 l- kreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
3 {# m) Z6 s! Y* }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
% r8 f: W/ l0 M! cdisgrasful and it should go away.4 V9 x, h3 _1 u5 v) C
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with' M8 _6 r' S9 ~! B* R. }2 E
"z" and "w" with "v"., ~. i6 X @9 _8 Z
4 Z& m; b# z+ x+ K) g) B' w ~9 u- _During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and4 W$ L& U9 S1 B: n% V
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.- K0 R/ o, l0 g( D
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
" Z; E, u3 H% F' xunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
- `. ?/ w8 V, }4 m4 uUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze" x% j# }- z6 E6 Y% o, d
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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