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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will: H# I3 C8 q+ R' R- J! w2 ?& U
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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1 s, ]& B+ Y2 e) }As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
3 z; [! z; Z4 x+ Vspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
8 H) ]- Z/ h& l, g0 q" N, i, t* [plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".( o! t; ~/ X& p/ }9 |; k# |6 v, [
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
/ Z4 }) g' A' R! F$ i! ^8 @+ Tthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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4 N* W& _7 e6 i$ q( K, Z; E# ?The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up4 h, H6 W6 a) S0 s* ?; a4 E3 ] }9 s
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
; j4 J7 b/ F4 Q* {! A: g& X, H. |troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like {" J5 u1 |* @! B
fotograf 20% shorter.8 w3 g, B+ W. f1 F' C
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
2 K, |/ T% n2 u; p, areach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.8 ~+ j8 d4 L+ y. x- y3 w
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always9 ^( z/ `5 E; s% k( F4 G J
ben a deterent to akurate speling.% O% E% ]& R' M! \4 A) z
b' o1 {9 _+ y! CAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
9 L, E) o+ _& Z/ G6 O7 _; Ydisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
: _# n( ]5 b/ ?: @) |7 P; `after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.+ t6 w, N- T* Q! b0 J# m
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu2 ?: t7 L1 K+ W$ o! L2 r
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.3 u/ i T( ~1 n* l9 Z- c
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze* l; B6 W1 B1 H
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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