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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
5 k3 u n: p* w3 ?) M9 Qbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
* X' a; B3 ` t* |' K) @, Jthe other possibility.! R- S O0 } \
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English- e8 A+ w! i+ g- q$ f' x6 X
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
) F! N! X3 e! eplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
9 g1 M0 e8 V3 c+ U- l/ l- othe sivil servants jump with joy.- J3 M8 F* n6 ?5 x; Z
/ V, {+ F; R# IThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
; U4 ~3 u, ^1 d4 u" f7 O# h! Tkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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6 W4 E) z( U& M$ D( C; lThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the; z2 }$ z7 N4 ^* P! J2 r) n
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
1 x7 n, m9 e) e/ t5 J! K: Efotograf 20% shorter.5 l c' K q8 E$ l2 V
7 ^/ o. X) W/ L: [# ?3 {# zIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
' D) N; d$ \8 T, m) Q( _8 s5 Qreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.( ~5 ~9 m+ G5 d2 A
) c$ K# d( t7 t; t; {5 T- x: V# GGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always1 B# y* R& Q( G/ w6 ]* X
ben a deterent to akurate speling.7 k, H* N& c' @2 N* r+ ?
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is! G+ Y1 k) f/ F }6 w% a4 z
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with! u4 L* _' I3 {0 ]) T) p4 v5 N
"z" and "w" with "v".5 M( Z# _7 w& ?4 `# V
# x6 R b5 f* x7 q& ~/ KDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
( g0 e( i6 D$ T$ Qafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.5 N9 Z6 D$ ^) l p4 \
; v: K( a& x& ]6 c1 r& mZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu0 i* P6 o; h/ _& a L7 u4 ~
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.! I3 k5 u! t! z
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze0 ^: i$ G6 N/ k0 B5 S
forst plas.
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2 ]: ~ y0 l. F1 q) A0 KIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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