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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will5 u, C! n: Z6 }" j
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was: @- L( d, s, \
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English# y" m7 V0 z0 O3 ?& i9 g
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in7 ]3 N: j; g5 d) n1 d5 k5 G6 R. z
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".0 H9 t Y m" U) x( m6 N
8 A4 i1 W# k1 E+ _In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
% A; C% R" j5 J# ~7 [+ I& Jthe sivil servants jump with joy.0 w7 @; u, x! ]! B- @$ Q( d4 y
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up- B% d: o6 j3 X6 f
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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; Z* V6 m4 f" S' h8 l% DThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
' y3 S7 \% L! otroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like# B% I s) `! K
fotograf 20% shorter.* R: d, D' |. _# j3 e
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to! K$ t1 R2 `" V' p% y1 n+ t8 }( h
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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; L8 {6 N- Z- Y, zGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always3 E5 i7 G4 u2 w! U: q3 X0 g! Y
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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3 l* S6 l: v) O; L% a' oAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is) N( k) K. L/ Q* y
disgrasful and it should go away.
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# f! d4 Z0 H" e* R, @By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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6 v# T* d- F: Z8 \+ _2 YDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and! p! d' M/ k' Z
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.; p8 y |' s( l, N5 k9 U+ {
}7 x e# K6 y3 f; l& r- yZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
6 D+ }& p" s5 m$ `) q4 N5 `understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.2 d: |' i' w) j. t- [: n
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze7 k- [6 V$ N- s& ?( c
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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