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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will- k: h/ Q% k2 Z0 |7 ?
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was9 u0 D( |* V9 ?( o V
the other possibility.
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; b- w* {" C t5 {! n/ vAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
/ {' V$ n1 p9 ~( h: { yspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in0 W% k) |( [. ?+ V4 G; w- V
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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2 o5 O6 _) }% J- z. QIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
5 o" n' k0 I3 G6 Y1 Q* `4 ]the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
/ k$ v3 p* i6 F# P' fkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter., j5 { Q# m2 ]! Z+ H8 e7 R
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the* E1 W0 ~7 m* D' w) F% V. L8 N
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like) g5 U! ^, F5 b" ^
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
8 P5 f- p1 M* N8 g1 preach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.6 T- f% ~0 t1 S* d- `6 T. }
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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; W5 w, S4 f& I, JAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
* G0 V5 J; C3 w2 ]: \$ pdisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with: D& M* F) _, L3 E2 g" F/ F/ [
"z" and "w" with "v".5 m! O" `, x6 G8 Q# u
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
O3 P$ R: }. I' J3 A7 uafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.7 o# o9 T' C% f- p5 q* n3 i! x
9 k# x; u' J' Z; E: \Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu) A. f# S' N2 |
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.* y6 a; ]: E" k: v" J6 B4 f9 d
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze. C9 i7 z0 y" M& r k9 N: m
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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