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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will+ X5 h( t* {- m; _4 D: C9 s0 ~
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 English
; E' u: V9 B. x0 ]' @9 G M- Hspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in; o5 P$ U4 n- Q' E4 U( _( o3 ]. [
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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8 V$ w& u! }( f" hIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make( ]2 e n7 Y F# w
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up" y7 L8 @2 p) P1 e
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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! x) t4 Q4 @8 f1 q( f# b# N4 KThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
- A( e) {4 `% e e8 Mtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like# z) l/ R8 |* {
fotograf 20% shorter.. z) o0 ~; ]1 O4 I1 W
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to N% q$ [& V- U/ m
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.' W; y: L0 P1 `# \ }
" j1 I0 Q/ n6 FGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always% W9 ]6 U' I9 t. ~! H# P
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
2 X `% W4 i+ Zdisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with: _. u7 Q s4 R
"z" and "w" with "v"., x2 h. Q6 }" a. e, ^
. v, }% x' Q% z/ E0 vDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
5 b, S' z m. Z% ~* W. V9 q. Jafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl." k) C+ U9 v2 n) O, Z2 D7 M2 a
+ w2 W' o- T, I" ^0 h1 ^0 Y0 `Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu: Y" e6 k$ L' k8 h2 b( d
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.& f7 h4 A4 U; a: [5 e0 L$ U, S
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze8 q, b: S" q6 Q
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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