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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will) I5 w/ U% R( i7 n
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
9 c8 w. r' h% U% N$ \! kthe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
1 n, p! X) M. |spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
( o3 ?% s t; X% i& \7 uplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".. Y( |6 g. v7 D5 u1 X
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
# K5 K# ~) u$ P% ^2 L* O7 |the sivil servants jump with joy.
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! Z' T2 `4 `8 |3 r( BThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
8 T7 ]8 U4 q6 k' n' b7 S- `/ t4 Gkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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+ I L- w) ^0 \1 G& cThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the/ v+ ~5 J: o% h( \
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like9 u7 O4 t1 L- j+ g" [* q% M$ r
fotograf 20% shorter.! d* v+ o$ a( n; p
/ ~# Q1 ~7 \% l0 P) FIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
# k4 z5 r, s2 ]# o, a3 areach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.& B7 h, p7 l& Y2 o% Z: R; A
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
: ^ k7 ` X+ C% mben a deterent to akurate speling.
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+ [2 s" ?- o' h: M5 f& F; GAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
% [% C: N$ G1 Udisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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/ C6 Q( d9 r. A/ o+ EDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
! ^: _+ v8 M3 e6 }9 n( aafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl./ |4 L0 K2 M4 s+ s; i
% h; v" d6 p6 L8 E" z2 ZZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu( h z: X, f' c0 w2 I& C
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
& b6 {% Z4 j& }- A, o7 v+ Q' uUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze- L4 b+ r# m$ D8 y! e& G: x5 Z
forst plas.
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; D2 x/ x* R( N/ ~/ NIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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