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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will/ _0 T' l2 K# Z2 o( k$ [6 c
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was/ z. P: @" t' M, P1 H0 d
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( a" d1 r6 X- q' Y4 CAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
$ I s. y# ]! B+ p/ ?3 J& Uspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
$ G: J1 u& K6 q/ K1 h, N: oplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".+ a, k, I* v- L$ y6 n) ?
& g$ v) F9 n9 s$ a/ r/ F& ?, zIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make6 j: t: u, |$ S: g& E) q2 Q
the sivil servants jump with joy.- [9 K; a, s! \% F. v
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
$ b3 w9 |6 \9 g. X& k% gkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.8 Y! v! C( H. E. X
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- e @1 Q; P0 e' F4 {There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
% i9 Q/ |- F8 M3 W) \' gtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like" v% K4 }: D& Y4 T
fotograf 20% shorter." a5 Q) S8 v3 K8 l
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
0 {1 s) l7 Q' Q- J& {reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.+ i( Q$ R+ T: [) h: D2 t2 Y. f( m
, E& R% ]- D9 Q7 a* G0 r; PGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
! U* y& g6 W$ K+ v2 u! w% N3 Xben a deterent to akurate speling.: {) |- f1 J2 i' A4 C- W- ^
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
' d$ O# t F3 O( Jdisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
; _# ~. v! E; C* [ q$ L T"z" and "w" with "v".; k1 R# `$ W$ M3 W l- Q
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
8 c }( x: j& s/ xafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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i! t8 Z7 F, ?! DZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu( B' w, Q2 ^; \
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
: `0 \, w( O$ L" D/ I* [Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze- C$ s; I' P) j( n* ], p! C7 D7 t
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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