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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
$ P0 }$ T' _5 tbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was9 C4 ]5 U6 l9 t2 C9 d
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# y3 a5 K+ O# Z1 `& S" LAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
, {8 y0 P' ^# n7 ^1 V' hspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in. G4 p# e8 T6 h, [$ F
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make6 k& o: T4 E. T f- g" n! n
the sivil servants jump with joy.1 P( E+ X1 x' \" [/ Y
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
# g r4 ^& j% `* i9 f: B/ w: Nkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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* e) q& n3 J! i# G' a8 VThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
) K/ r4 h3 u+ }( ptroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like0 N4 @5 }" W6 e9 k. m! F1 u
fotograf 20% shorter.$ Z. z# z1 v9 f$ l! B$ k
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
0 x, G" R- F! ]$ x, Breach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
" k0 O8 D- A) j3 Xben a deterent to akurate speling.
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, _% i# j Z6 B8 q. u$ _& tAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
. Q: I- D3 _3 E+ Q* J0 d* ]disgrasful and it should go away.
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1 z' r# ^ A- iBy 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"and# X1 }' ^; f( z
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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. d9 S9 q2 k0 S9 c, d4 u) f7 bZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
( I v" r( Z6 i1 z) g7 K7 ]understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
; B6 q G. g' Q. K6 S8 gUnd 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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