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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will- F0 j2 m9 {4 h5 q8 P' s
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
* I3 G& L8 Q% d$ Rthe other possibility.
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~4 d/ _0 p8 ~' V; A3 x/ uAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
( _% r) E: v' P+ {spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in, \2 A! C5 F; v( \1 H3 `2 ^8 ~
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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0 C! n/ y3 }8 g2 n' tIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
4 @' s6 ^& [: R& Ethe sivil servants jump with joy.) \: t ~1 N. E5 u+ u
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
! S- H: H8 ]! n2 f8 |konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.# f0 q5 W0 a8 c" J! f7 x( @
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' N' ~. G8 V' e4 i6 j$ ~- AThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the( O& X! o9 P( _! q" j+ |
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like# @( T$ w7 _! A4 I5 W2 Y
fotograf 20% shorter.
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D: f( Z H. m& j1 i( ~In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
' L6 X) E. H: o) I4 creach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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1 \! M A+ `4 s2 sGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
+ h1 V% G% a1 K jben a deterent to akurate speling.
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* @& n5 M, A2 [6 ^! @$ _6 H- uAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
+ y+ t& q8 d- S. B. Ydisgrasful and it should go away.2 q* e4 }: W5 h! g! N. `
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
+ ]! L4 x" N' s9 q: H! dafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.# }7 [% k L+ R `7 [9 A8 \+ W2 G
* _# W6 e' X' U3 W/ X) nZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu2 ?6 p- w, R- z
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
* o3 C% P% v: f9 k) sUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
3 ~- c+ R# p" n: g# d& f0 m) G% W4 sforst plas.
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9 | R/ V' I: H# @If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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