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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
% S/ M9 {- G8 l+ _% G; Jbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
7 y" i4 l% A& m8 ethe other possibility.
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" r+ o; u7 Y2 I% i% E. p. T8 E R/ S7 BAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English$ H8 _4 r6 S1 n- ?
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
7 s. a, Q9 i' Splan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make( f% ^5 H. Z, C7 [' a
the sivil servants jump with joy.5 X; W/ B8 h0 x! F
0 ]7 m- }' T% A/ H% c* k# N. dThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up0 H$ f9 H4 x O# m9 b
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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' p- S1 U2 T0 C/ s* A& VThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
9 P' l9 r- \& K2 r$ W3 Dtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
! [. k& i6 l; j$ O) X/ ~fotograf 20% shorter.
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! r5 y/ Q# H/ `) F# {4 fIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
% J. ~% s, o& T- k# I1 a% T5 k# treach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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# Z: U: g; u8 S0 WGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
# ^ w9 k1 T4 ]6 L5 ?ben a deterent to akurate speling.0 n+ x9 o8 S2 Y1 ~5 U+ n) G
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is; U- {. Y/ Z% x! { I* a7 p. e e
disgrasful and it should go away.$ k8 F+ l+ R; ]( y
, o& L5 G }0 ^ P/ s" L2 Q* E! ]By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with: I% ?7 g0 L& w
"z" and "w" with "v".
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( o# q! k/ i3 Y. P( E! \During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
D' h" B& F4 g+ @2 w$ Q1 n5 }after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl., H2 ^! y# O H# H
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
% N7 f1 {0 \6 I3 |understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.7 v- f: e& U) [; z+ P
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze" y: Q+ o( s+ d3 P3 U" U
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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