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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will1 [4 w. i9 J7 u- |! q
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was& y, m+ c5 ? ~. @$ |( z1 O
the other possibility.1 T; v, e. v+ F
% |& k3 W1 ]5 I' ^% @3 O" UAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
3 Q6 c: N0 B9 {- \* t) m5 U" N3 j3 xspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
: I$ O9 D" e9 q, |, ^% xplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".4 ]1 c! {' k# x: E3 z! [2 D7 a
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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/ }4 j4 t/ H% f& K% hThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up) {9 s! A: t% |
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter. f1 y# \% I- F- {
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
' v" [2 ?% m& m( V* f- @troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like6 x0 N E; H% e+ x; v
fotograf 20% shorter. F4 ?. v) }3 U+ p6 h( c6 k8 D
( a% i6 N+ n% ~4 l- [/ UIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to, [( y- Y3 @5 S% H
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.9 r; Y0 J9 k, W! P) t
/ x' |" w, Q* H) S+ B( MGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
I+ C/ f1 P: Cben a deterent to akurate speling.
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" g% V4 `! _5 D- F3 i' `Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is$ J+ e( O$ ~( b3 o8 A: |2 V
disgrasful and it should go away.3 p8 A; o0 U) W/ x4 A/ `, R
6 M9 S) e9 m M( HBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
, ]& s& G. n S# f" ^, E' i% a2 C"z" and "w" with "v".
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* K" f* E! `) i* {! JDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
4 I: v9 E- |$ F! y: }2 Aafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.8 g8 w9 Z ~ H
8 P8 w4 O2 Z. g% K2 f& `# WZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu8 q* a8 I' G: ], W8 ~& w9 }/ F
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.% \. q, Y, Y1 Y' I6 b& n, l
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze% D/ x6 E5 F* m; e4 Y, g9 K
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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