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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will! [9 @) t% W/ ?2 V" k
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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( G2 [4 C, D# d) Y9 bAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English4 X9 O$ B2 o! q" Y" {4 J; W4 E
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
3 C8 }( Q$ w3 h& {! G$ d) dplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".' I! T; w( M1 e2 W3 v* { i( J
% o) E5 H! q: O3 [' i; Q _, MIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make' O. F3 `2 Q0 P) s: {" N; M$ l
the sivil servants jump with joy.4 @. P5 @" W( z" r( w
9 Y. u! L' ~) e" Z+ K8 D$ zThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up3 H8 ^9 X) f$ u( ^0 ]
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
" E% A" L$ d" K/ q% Z8 J% g: y4 otroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like$ v ]. F% _4 Z I b2 W
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
- g& @! K5 ~: R" D' o2 C R3 n, L* Preach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.8 s9 J J7 P5 K: M3 V" m3 C3 c) z
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always1 Y. ]/ o' Z2 k' \8 H0 F0 t
ben a deterent to akurate speling.) A/ ?3 v1 j0 B$ B
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
; L2 v; ~" y, ^8 z! K q! @6 R6 Q% kdisgrasful and it should go away.
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]* D5 U, C* \By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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4 f1 T$ T' H$ EDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and3 n9 o; G9 N% I7 X2 K7 _. b, O
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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+ K; C3 V, f+ UZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu9 h1 ]0 a" g6 @- J
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru., @. W7 h+ ?# y7 H
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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5 K- ]! h9 Q2 g: iIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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