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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will1 M2 ?; _. f1 C/ Y% n
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English6 I; }5 _3 F* i' U& S0 w
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in( @, g% Z) o |' ?# m \& p- @
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".) T& e* L' Y/ M! | t) q
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make/ ]! {3 M3 O8 a7 w6 K0 b
the sivil servants jump with joy.5 P1 |. }/ T6 P
" K$ S$ n& t6 d2 R- ?& R ^The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up0 z( y0 B' o5 `5 J K, F7 X, Q" e
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.7 @: ?4 |' |" x" {) e/ j9 v
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
1 i- A2 j8 h. r' Z$ H3 y: B* etroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
% f% d$ F( m tfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
2 k4 X7 o8 e* ^" x& Nreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
8 v( R$ H, ?9 I3 ~3 h" yben a deterent to akurate speling.5 z. y& j$ R7 A
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is: `+ Q9 ]2 O, S; L4 k
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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1 H0 L! a6 j8 {9 T& u) d# [' x' n: rDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
; J! w+ c' _/ Uafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.1 `% N( Q$ ]+ m w! _+ R! Z$ L
3 k% f* P* J* P! Y: l7 |Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu9 _5 |+ d2 B1 L" K# P, V* m
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
, ~; V- t0 D8 `1 O( M) ^Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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