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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
B2 i7 ~* `0 j, y0 E6 \& Ibe 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
4 G6 ^, Q4 S. a$ r" W" @spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
% d b4 a0 l% o9 w4 Xplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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0 e0 F, r" A' x- r* s& c: CIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
4 I+ K' @* H: R( _6 U7 q, o7 ]% dthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up; N, P. ]! L) c$ |
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.) M7 \; H9 \! g) W) X
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9 G+ \ q* Z; N5 y- j' F3 ~' gThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the `# |5 Z- V2 b. e
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
9 b! m. w% G" E* r, f9 l" Qfotograf 20% shorter.$ e+ {( X$ [4 S) H; |3 i
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to2 r" |. Q( D' d* x
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always- a5 {0 A% y) `- M z5 _
ben a deterent to akurate speling.$ J& ^1 m. u3 Z( j% C! U
! @$ C- R( }* i8 O: _* ^Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
' s- h4 P. x: t4 j! N, ]8 ]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; B+ x' N5 Y* ?4 K$ Z6 w4 s
"z" and "w" with "v".$ O) D- G/ p8 B0 W5 X- [6 I
4 t2 h: M1 q `0 RDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
' K0 x' F9 h$ [0 e& Eafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl., \* Z' J9 P5 m( ?, H, K
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
- E' ~$ n! g' }* x8 |understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
* _0 F& Y; _ wUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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7 Y% \, \. i) E; T7 c" j- dIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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