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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will- O; i i& {0 ^8 H, S* v- a6 \9 q' {
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
3 `- b3 _6 F; Ithe other possibility.- s" L# ~0 H! r7 _4 v9 c
5 l6 N5 I+ k" @" q3 [As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English' s0 b; ?; z' c. \1 X
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in% Y9 P( l- q) e) {" _$ K! r' \
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make h3 L3 S3 Y3 G9 A
the sivil servants jump with joy.2 Z9 n& E5 l$ z2 z: d7 t# z" O: N) i
" T I- ] q) W/ uThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up: O# \. K1 ^8 c1 O
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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5 _& E8 y2 W7 \# t/ PThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the {' R: I8 H7 ^; F
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like& b1 J; H7 r7 m3 c
fotograf 20% shorter.5 i7 [7 y: y! ^$ n
& u; h- _$ ` p, W2 E) x V! HIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to, s( Z) w' Q0 m. {6 ^0 U; H) N
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.9 i1 ~ y1 z5 T! g( o& y
3 Z5 I) g P+ [" dGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
/ _$ v0 C3 a- y0 S' mben a deterent to akurate speling.
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. A5 j* q4 v, @" i* TAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
/ @/ W Z& I1 @3 `7 S6 x+ n% wdisgrasful and it should go away.
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- D- [+ b, N( |! ~/ @By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with; a6 b. z8 `9 u) |, H. J5 U
"z" and "w" with "v".
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2 \3 k8 M W* ]6 `During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and7 k( Z1 k1 G! i- i+ c- f4 h- E
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.0 \7 ~* {' D' j6 h; d
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
9 u- z: z& w) I3 l, [" C1 {$ r Punderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru." D( _% {. v+ F
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze' Q- ^! Z1 R: V6 q v) p$ J
forst plas.
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) c6 C6 x6 r/ e8 ]: D, o5 QIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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