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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
2 U, |& g! |% e9 }, i _" y2 B5 pbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
: x3 s# |8 I# fthe other possibility. X1 h1 U+ ?7 d2 v" A1 |9 `1 h& h' V
$ E% B) b7 P# V( d$ T& c) |- OAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English2 r+ T; t7 p3 H" X7 W' }
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in( P2 a) T$ I3 I+ z$ i, n
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish". r( G" F" ?8 f% E) [0 f% V
& g. O% g3 h3 UIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make7 Z% H1 }. L: v4 ]" Q( k) @
the sivil servants jump with joy.$ w2 U% W$ l/ b2 W/ ~/ [
0 F6 f5 d$ I4 q( C9 M5 i) eThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up, j p/ R4 Q- P! {* Y" k
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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7 V7 {7 i. M! n) b- M6 s: _# v* kThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the9 G4 @! Q1 @7 U2 E4 \6 N# T% a8 q
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
% a, w$ c7 ]2 K, A7 U, efotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
1 t% n, i- A% B- t) T# Xreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.6 Y4 ]3 s+ Y2 _
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
- m8 v/ |+ r2 A0 u3 ^ben a deterent to akurate speling.7 v+ E. g- O2 y% D2 n7 E
w' \3 P$ p0 O0 XAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
' E+ G' E+ r/ t) m% c- j4 Vdisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with3 _! f$ v. [2 M* J2 w0 H
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
! X, b( A( k( P+ O+ hafter 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 tu. v: D6 X7 |1 h; v$ J
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.: V5 o) ^" N1 g7 s& Q
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze+ W3 u6 E$ O/ X# m
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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