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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will: R+ q- ?6 l4 O! T; j3 J- a
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was- ?6 ^. D8 M% U1 i' f! p- O
the other possibility.
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7 \& a$ g8 H1 f yAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English" }4 t% t: I- U
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
2 ?- m0 j2 I6 y% x( q. vplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".0 O* k4 `$ ?( O( B8 i1 z2 P
5 b% w% P- {% X1 A9 tIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
" Q- ^$ B% @. }( s2 f7 Hthe sivil servants jump with joy.1 R* Z4 V) d h- \1 J
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
3 m( K+ y/ @: i( C+ ]konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.% X, L# \. T2 C' _$ v8 _3 @
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the9 U6 x+ I' l5 y4 F3 O3 s+ y) c
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like p2 u; y% A: O* ^9 ]
fotograf 20% shorter.
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7 w9 K$ {; ]7 K6 ~( T, QIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to% b. ?: B! u& E7 ?2 S; n
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.- n7 ]! R1 v, w! z! B6 U, ^! `
0 [8 t. Y* i$ b% b, z. d9 ?) |Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
6 Z2 T9 L% e( i% Cben a deterent to akurate speling.
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4 U6 g* X2 b& D8 ^9 R. I/ hAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
3 e7 l: E5 {# G2 O% Y7 M0 edisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with8 F$ N2 a$ v/ f* g8 C; v& c
"z" and "w" with "v".
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4 t0 G% e7 z5 h' K* @+ ?$ Q' `During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and4 s- D: r' R# l3 `8 _/ G1 F: h
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 tu9 k$ M' f9 t+ K% c2 J- R: _& Q" V
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.3 I& d- K7 }% x: O/ X. c
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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6 w7 h8 i6 v7 y4 p. yIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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