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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
0 D( X) s; i# z3 {0 Cbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was' a1 p. g# V+ U& ~# k
the other possibility.
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6 z! _0 x+ Q2 q9 }3 t2 i7 X$ ~As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
6 \+ y$ a1 w& ]& m3 C$ I1 G5 ~4 pspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
* i p1 W' _4 Z7 Cplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make {7 U8 H+ D+ k5 R1 o* H+ x+ e. Y
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
" h; {3 O( K- o s0 ]konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.$ |" y4 `* w3 u
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2 u" n& V, R. `7 q( c6 CThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
6 e0 J. P8 v: g$ X$ Vtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like* K$ |# @" u9 ?% n- _# w3 e) [* q
fotograf 20% shorter.' c P: N9 D* |% ?4 ~. w+ O# |6 o
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
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. ?( j: k. @! }. ?" RGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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8 N% @- C, e( S) y9 J4 w0 g1 rAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is0 m/ b5 }( x0 O, K9 u2 B. U+ K
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
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
- B8 D8 w( G; k. Wafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.. _* A$ H I7 {8 z9 r) L
! A+ W4 H& W! C4 ~ p& {% [Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu2 c3 [) [, q/ v; e1 c
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
8 [( V. I0 W+ N# ]# c/ h0 LUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze3 d: `" J' X) _$ f
forst plas.
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+ \' s" {; ?* ], @5 }/ m* q& @If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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