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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
4 [% p- S( ^8 y& o# \+ P( \2 fbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was2 [( f$ Q3 ~, `5 |" r
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English. C% w9 g' d5 S' q7 I6 ]* i9 U V: S
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in$ w+ k) L$ Q- j: s9 p
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".2 z2 }* \, _: G# ]* _! T
( f/ L+ @ M! Q: e5 ^+ @In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make5 e3 M" C# X2 p+ P7 G4 R
the sivil servants jump with joy.' Q6 S) O9 U: b- T7 G* }. V
& \% q6 q; u/ ~* zThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up+ j1 g' Q) `+ B7 Q1 F- X3 S( w) F& {
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the' n' K [7 `9 A$ M2 E
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like( B5 a( }9 j) b) L* p6 b
fotograf 20% shorter.
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: ^5 f- b3 ? E6 {) iIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
5 m x; h( |8 O- B! y. H$ I& d3 Areach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always) c# A9 p7 R% I3 q% M
ben a deterent to akurate speling. b1 k; O B, f- e5 e
% g2 ?9 Z, `2 D# kAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is7 Q: D; D% b" o0 n& x
disgrasful and it should go away.
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[$ ]2 ]2 n. @# G* x3 _% Z4 d- q& sBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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5 O& o0 c0 q( G7 H8 C* V3 ~6 x2 fDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and* L# ~) f& I8 a& I: ], t
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.: _1 n$ T( d% n t( ~0 h( {
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
p' e5 L. i3 Z4 N0 i. a4 Bunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.2 p: ]) H6 f4 J( U
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze9 s" {; t& I* B4 s; F) w- A
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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