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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
/ C: G+ @2 f% _, e; u! h5 ybe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
& |7 C- e% k2 ^) \/ F+ ythe other possibility.
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5 z! _* m# L' L) V& h: zAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English4 j4 Y; k$ m3 n6 T5 B+ W @
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
G$ K- w& K+ y/ k: lplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish". u n; h8 P8 U. [
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make8 u+ u2 h* {9 N" M. @2 L# V
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up8 x% h' u4 O0 K/ Q1 a4 u. ~: @' u
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
/ L% l: S: q2 `: ^! Ptroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like" t2 y1 s$ p: u6 Z8 ]
fotograf 20% shorter.6 c* E5 n X2 b& c7 o
1 v6 [( b X4 o# O; _+ B; _In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
/ Z$ H; X4 b9 z: breach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.0 D& R4 x, ^& S( F$ Q- w# {
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always( p1 G( }# r9 X% v
ben a deterent to akurate speling.. b6 t5 X2 x. ~0 I& O
2 v6 l# `) _; h5 f4 [* O6 h; V$ ^Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
1 ^, {5 s$ \) b2 R% l$ Sdisgrasful and it should go away.4 i( @# }7 C1 h& n
2 p+ H* ^; z2 |+ y2 |5 N; NBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
3 U' s$ S/ k" u' o"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and& a \4 e/ W! D B1 Y) ^$ Z
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl./ C4 b- I* G5 n8 I
- f3 I9 m( Z' d' iZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
1 n' g2 {/ e! A2 E; E; Iunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
- `3 v) i. J+ g! eUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze4 h# f1 h# _* m8 o8 Y: U8 Q7 G
forst plas.
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) W$ c5 u4 z/ f( C( Z2 P9 OIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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