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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
& R" z7 X3 r. u: O- s( v* tbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was! k" j, s2 u0 m2 ^0 o1 z
the other possibility.3 J, u4 A* b& n6 l
9 i. r- C# ~2 `; \& I' z! e, tAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
( x/ n, W/ ?; [; Aspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in8 d; t4 K' _, K# f7 {* h
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".1 X; ^8 ]7 G* D
, F- C( c! X) K: F, CIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make% \. e D8 c. [6 u' j, D% A# ?+ `
the sivil servants jump with joy.3 V8 A+ j7 `; t3 ~; k# L$ n6 C
3 k8 o7 J+ U" W& \/ EThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up6 O' c/ I& G8 D* k, p/ P5 G
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.% n q' I3 r- o: f$ o- J
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
% {/ z$ a! o; Z. B1 N; ~7 wtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like& t8 B8 W7 y( U' A' i4 K
fotograf 20% shorter.2 h; \0 N5 p2 A
' t; _- N8 r/ f* p- x- }8 t/ EIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
7 W. ~4 z# H: `) W* Qreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.: A- g8 a( [; p3 t' Z/ |
- R/ K h4 \ b% y( r' `Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
; G* W$ Q$ H8 w3 m7 u3 o# E- jben a deterent to akurate speling.% ?9 C6 g' h& G( Q$ @+ y: ]. Q$ ^
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is9 W; ]( P# s; l Y" p/ {4 I" {
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
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and1 y/ _% D% T/ S% z; w4 o! h4 J1 _
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.4 \% d- X5 u0 n j+ W# l3 }4 y
x$ U" s1 o: aZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu& j, }5 r, U' E9 L5 |- r: E
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
; [3 k. K5 _- O; ^+ `Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze& Z- K. i9 H- i: u5 f
forst plas.
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" H' z) ~: g6 g+ C% {: s4 FIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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