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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
& n/ U# X7 U% u0 F( Sbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
' N1 ~* f& F3 p! m% Y2 P Mthe other possibility.
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, w, j8 c- k, Y6 X( z' NAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English. H4 z( o) U* s. N
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
# w% f3 T- j" n) S7 |$ Oplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"." Y& r& @. g5 W/ Z1 c- [
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make) a. r; W1 y! \
the sivil servants jump with joy.4 _* M& o: r0 M( d
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up# q% f+ G; k( N9 M" F
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.1 I; v3 z. r( A" V) j( M8 Y2 N
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1 \0 |: W5 s/ H: _' {There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the, d( N& Y) ]; y9 v% N% i
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like6 n; g# X0 ~7 l& _
fotograf 20% shorter.
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# F0 v0 C& _- o$ d* F2 G$ B& ^% tIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
& I* j) O+ ?# ]reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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& Z/ N! [7 _) `4 z; ?+ m3 |: \Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
( J! r3 L, O5 U" rben a deterent to akurate speling.
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8 Y- N$ n, M4 q3 x9 t/ KAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
; r# H5 T9 d0 ?( e0 j% pdisgrasful and it should go away.8 ?1 T0 ?+ j' t
* H6 k! K5 o. o4 D3 b; DBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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0 |# X, L& X: e+ U- lDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and2 Y0 }' Z0 K9 h& V l( l( M4 J( p
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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% h/ J$ F" B9 i" OZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu( d) N9 p: [: b- K" U
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.6 z# g3 h6 Z9 `- y
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze" C* X. u& J, L* D9 R7 X9 t7 }
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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