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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will. t5 S; ]) g* e/ U% y
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was* E; I9 w% U6 M3 H8 @0 ?5 a
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English" n& {7 g3 r- ~+ \3 E
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in$ ?- ?( r/ N$ q( ^
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".# R+ r$ t- _9 F8 g
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make3 L* M9 Y" f; ]- j7 @ O
the sivil servants jump with joy.9 R# M( m6 \* P0 P' r- }+ A. U
2 I$ N4 M0 F5 d) }8 X* P4 f/ dThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
2 j" `1 h$ v! [* v! gkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.3 Z1 Q& H* D n! L u. m3 v
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$ ?6 f6 z6 B1 _: k; c7 t- {( ?6 A* JThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the! ^+ s( p: e. ?/ a
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like+ r: C0 [* K# z. G: d) f
fotograf 20% shorter.$ n- C {$ G) u
9 l4 S' v! x5 K, p3 m6 A, IIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to% \+ _; M- f9 T. H. u# x
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.7 ^$ e' X! H4 f$ u2 q6 ~& a
9 f" U% t8 I5 g; q% U* g1 mGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always- {& D/ A8 d1 N( T* H3 K" z+ t) r( J
ben a deterent to akurate speling.0 X! a1 h- {: N5 _
5 q! W) ^5 p% A8 m2 DAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
% ]" k: }1 u) s3 J/ j' B) cdisgrasful and it should go away.
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2 [( P/ S( e" i$ mBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with" `. D1 v# x+ y) Q; Y
"z" and "w" with "v".
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+ u. }; _) J6 f9 o$ l& `+ @4 G, [During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
% S& C( I- I5 X( M3 rafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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a! M' k9 G, x" R9 V' `Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu. I; X3 H5 T* D5 N" o
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.1 T0 n. R1 ~6 b3 f( R* @9 ]
Und 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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