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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will4 A! P3 t+ \+ I& N i9 f+ [2 G( N
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was( G" ]: p9 ?0 ^1 K: _; q
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
* _# ? Y# [2 ?, fspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
5 k1 y& P" C5 [& O- _8 Yplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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3 S* o: \' @1 g3 g: y- LIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make0 K5 V- I7 n$ N+ s: v
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up _7 x/ g9 w/ g. S% i: N
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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5 _, h1 K- Q) B7 S0 OThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
# ?. W& r) K/ `7 U1 h" q6 ]4 O' Q0 ntroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like9 |& U8 J. B* N, p. X: l
fotograf 20% shorter.2 o; A+ N/ f# Q2 v: J) C
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always9 e) T; c/ b* O+ w0 |# S$ f# v
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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5 {2 @$ X j5 g: i, DAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is( ]: U G8 N- K6 M. `* S# j
disgrasful and it should go away.0 y W+ P3 O4 y" a8 H% z/ V
* J- N l2 ]: @- U5 {; OBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with1 W, u' i+ \( M# @) `# c, j3 g& u
"z" and "w" with "v"./ {9 O0 U: z! J( Z# ?, G% A
+ T/ d7 O% N; A1 i" F$ l$ p/ `During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and4 T3 j7 A, J) {: n' y: {
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu" D, E% L) G6 n4 I1 `
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
1 Z5 ]7 ^* s0 O' jUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze( b8 f" ~ i% L& U1 m4 V
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% ~+ W; ` K! c. SIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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