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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
/ ~! x) _8 J; I. z( {4 k" |be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was9 L2 ]7 L! {- t) j' k- V
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4 i. w0 s* p8 ?5 t; A0 @# e6 ^As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English: i- `# Z* l: A- y O
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in( M5 W$ h9 X: O! \- L5 t" I9 c
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"./ V( p/ t( Y' @( I
/ U. J% N9 V- a6 A: {In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make6 H/ f# q2 e$ P! }1 U! K) @
the sivil servants jump with joy., T$ T( K* h' m& A
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
2 E g: ?6 k& fkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.* M3 Y* T9 q4 ?8 P% C& T9 c* j
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3 l" W1 C' Z: s9 Y/ O# [There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the+ W* t4 O( x; Q6 d& O% H' G; A
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like1 L& M' ^- u" j7 Z0 h6 ? Y
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to* X3 U% V) n$ E/ F L+ R7 e
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.) t2 I- T- ^( @* C
5 m, B Y3 V) v* f- s+ lGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always* p. R* X& |( u# Z8 o& Y( I7 e. J
ben a deterent to akurate speling.8 t& @7 S7 \) ?- {$ y( t
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is( H- W2 k/ G7 \$ @& Q, Q
disgrasful and it should go away.
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3 S( Y0 c6 c8 uBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
2 I; {1 E8 q+ t: M( P( n"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and% ]' I& }; B" }9 k5 u9 i/ H! O
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.3 `. }2 @6 v/ T
+ \# Z9 L& j( ?, iZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
- E- ?4 @' k c/ N! E1 F9 }understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
G; |' C( s8 ^9 X OUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze( R( ~, z( R) l& W2 Y$ B% ^
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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