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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will8 v+ R9 P2 V/ \7 L: u T2 k
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was! h8 U C" {4 e# c% s
the other possibility.! E& s C, e( y3 a8 G: B* ~: a
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
2 _% g* e# U9 ]2 nspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in1 } S9 ?) j+ h, Z8 r7 ?
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".8 c" z# O1 j" M4 K& i3 G( {! R
) _( o) G7 \3 l. M5 B$ i0 L! o/ zIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make- e# t. q" q( @9 m, P% _
the sivil servants jump with joy.) n7 N. x8 W8 b* H; `& s
/ c, I0 v J; q- EThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
! U3 P) [ v# A5 a8 _3 G' ^6 _konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
6 a b3 g9 R/ c4 xtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like/ ]# k7 z1 [2 s
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to+ s7 V# F P' D+ u% E7 P( k
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.- M( H' m. J+ B- E
- d; g/ f/ Y4 ~# cGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
! K( o/ D u5 v6 w5 ]( E# Hben 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
4 L* {, v) v/ N. Sdisgrasful and it should go away.( c" L$ @6 A; g* j; j
/ f# X( }" u% y# q$ D# i. kBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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$ m! i" R, c1 S) }' j0 h# M8 NDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
' W2 X* g$ @# a* {4 z2 P& }, V1 safter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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( M7 f; i; @( i# \' O$ \Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
7 m: H6 r/ ^. A- Runderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.; x# y: O) N) f1 N1 K' e
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze/ D+ B7 j2 A1 C# B" _% F
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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