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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
5 N; l2 k% O" J2 t Ebe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was! X ? Y% O- r! Y h
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English& C( d4 w- e$ ~7 ~$ i. ^
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in7 Q A* R5 G6 b& q9 `0 q. g/ [/ s
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make5 q, g5 o' J4 n- n& F I8 ^
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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3 _! t+ y1 f) ]! `& o& iThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up( X+ b: `5 {" O* W5 k
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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& h) @, L( ]; l y* ?, Y# H! jThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the6 W8 t$ \. y* l, Y) n" u
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like: j! O3 ~# E# z& e* V
fotograf 20% shorter.$ J0 y, Y/ H5 f r% n% P2 a
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to4 f& z+ e2 N/ z' B% M
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.8 y$ n- d' C( U7 h
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
: f% c5 ?6 m9 |7 |8 xben a deterent to akurate speling.0 k# y: y# t i& F1 @5 R" ?6 u
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is. t: ?7 M1 c3 B
disgrasful and it should go away.
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7 r) C# J4 k( F s' FBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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0 A# i2 {7 @% c- t" t* l, O; LDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and+ B* K. f" y* v4 j1 }- ~- I/ @+ Z
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl., _) X7 I ?9 A: Y
4 z6 _ K, g7 _6 z/ T- j* dZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu' I& I; J- U/ J8 Q, K9 t1 E1 L
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.) m6 s' A: r) G0 s0 l& C
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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4 _& _0 d5 q3 q, gIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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