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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
" ?7 z; z' S: Xbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
! O( R9 a3 q; x( S. O G sthe other possibility.
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. C8 O2 m) k# B5 YAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
: C& p; ]# ~" ?- }4 `; \& Z8 x! Hspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in( C) t: z! f1 s/ y2 I
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish". Q0 R; d$ g7 B7 {
) G" s, N# L. n) i9 |! OIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make8 r7 [, j/ f# e a2 q* m. V
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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5 b$ ?0 ~' m8 b$ f/ X; [* V) u0 N- SThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up# U- y/ I/ E, H% g0 ]) g6 k2 [
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
+ @" d5 h/ O) C% G/ ?# R* w3 ~troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like: |) a4 F0 [2 K. \4 h
fotograf 20% shorter.
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8 u7 {" H% { h1 H1 TIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
' P* G3 J5 e) Yreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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' x6 H/ Z D" VGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always' j4 k0 o& [+ v' a/ G2 s3 c
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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% u, _8 B! ]/ |: `# n" g7 k- ?" G8 G& MAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is9 k# }. |0 L) w( L! N/ v
disgrasful and it should go away./ v3 G% z; N1 |3 u! H8 Z
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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& Z' d7 T5 |2 s2 ^During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and" j9 d8 G$ N: z- {8 `
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
8 J' ~' p: r8 Z+ M; Y' bunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.% u5 u/ J. x; q& u
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze( J$ N+ `. ^9 }( a* q' H; E2 K; W o% }
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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