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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will0 Q; J% R8 O/ T e$ P3 w
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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) R* J- ]% p# k9 P# ?As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
: L% ]+ |. S; \' l* ?( {0 |3 b# O8 xspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in; g/ T2 n% y( s$ D) R
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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5 R" g0 X% J& Y' W5 H- i# vIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
- T2 h, B8 J6 bthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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$ F* s& a) m5 k" j) P6 I0 j2 y' ?- ^The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up _3 f. p+ `) h
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
+ g P/ |/ Z) V& ktroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like2 B9 U( H' G$ @
fotograf 20% shorter., D; N+ ^. a+ s: _) \1 i+ M k
: S( C# w- r5 g. p- SIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to* Z& e7 M4 e/ b1 p0 Y7 r
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.' ~2 d/ K3 X) ]* T
' m' K, y; G- kGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
; U6 e4 o/ I" n3 |- w+ ?# [ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is4 V6 B1 @* b" V0 D. y
disgrasful and it should go away.
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1 \4 ?& d7 X' `; pBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
( @! o0 b5 p, L2 N2 r"z" and "w" with "v".. Y @: `% i$ U, a6 [% q
4 B- L3 i+ U/ m; D( i4 }7 ?During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
" L# e# h- B! Y" n# V$ W2 _6 ?, qafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.( U% P5 F5 P0 O3 }3 A! }* N
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu+ W2 [" t! M5 \/ N1 B
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.) R5 _# L* e- b8 z" \2 q: n$ r
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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9 w' o! D: c2 E! ]* MIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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