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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will/ R2 T$ a9 k4 ^2 J7 N; v( N
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was* _' |- @) s4 p6 j) P( u
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
- P/ Q* h5 C8 Z& A- D5 Qspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
; _: g! \) f( E {6 fplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".4 M6 x7 U: [2 ?
% Q- a. V6 p1 JIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
! h A w+ t; G1 o/ ^) V; q' wthe sivil servants jump with joy.$ _* @1 X3 k) o
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
) h3 [0 ^4 {1 W8 J8 ?! Tkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the4 y! v1 R; Z7 Q6 x. f# U7 q6 v% e1 `
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like) D3 W# k2 n9 `; X
fotograf 20% shorter.* b& H& D: H; o8 \' v
8 E2 D, ]* n3 C' l8 HIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
+ }+ V7 d; s7 H: jreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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+ r9 R0 d" H" d, sGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
, c/ b5 e1 d& Cben a deterent to akurate speling.5 v% H# d' B, Z+ Y
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
% H5 F& }# ~/ F# c- B2 udisgrasful and it should go away.4 [( _2 O7 H: k: w8 `
8 B9 F0 N) g. F8 v5 `By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with+ e! ]' v& a3 i# K1 W# C3 l+ h- v
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
2 ^# u4 I. A H3 B* Mafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.) t2 T- Q# ^! a- l$ A% k1 t- V
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu: ~ y! {% ^) K* ~. `6 _
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
9 K' Z+ y- N ^4 h! ?4 }! bUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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