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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will& ^3 O! i, z% k; E: p- A
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was8 f* M% r0 Z' ?& ?
the other possibility.
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5 l* J7 y. L% u: h0 I w* F) q! `As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
! }6 H: W2 l( D* A, Kspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
- K7 u; H2 a$ a( N; |0 V# e( C4 jplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".' o* Y, Z& n0 q+ u- E4 F$ t1 g; c
; z) [ w, F& [0 T" ~ L | K7 _# O' yIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make" |8 V8 G9 U3 W( [6 P
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up' {2 ?8 N- H5 H1 h# y' b" d8 G& Y
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.% F' X1 J" I% P% O8 I" R
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the* \. J6 w/ s1 }3 e& C
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like6 s" H, ~8 j8 K5 T" H
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
! h4 g) g4 p: b2 ~- Kreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always6 Q7 Y1 d% v* I: `
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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& w, q' c- E4 |' D( lAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
- _. H( E( n! K/ x' [" Z: b; Ddisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with2 G7 b1 F% [! ?: f: ]! f
"z" and "w" with "v".7 z3 Z: [- g( P' a. l+ e$ Q- q. m
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
! o* ~! i" Y: l3 qafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.4 B; e; g- o r3 s# q. O
* e i7 n: H, C' b9 KZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
+ p y! h8 T/ ?% uunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.8 ~$ J% E, W$ N+ x! R( F
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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: J3 G2 s' ~* v% _If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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