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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will r3 T: Y; n; ]1 X* T9 U* h# L
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was+ ]+ C! V4 W1 g! ^4 q4 W3 m
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
; C2 g( }, f+ k2 ?( jspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
6 z* b. g" ^& ?+ U! t/ Nplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".( Y/ F# t: k0 @
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make9 H$ y7 o1 p( a0 o$ [- h7 n+ Q
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the7 T2 A$ [- h$ [/ |4 {$ z
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like0 T* x8 [/ j4 Z
fotograf 20% shorter.5 B4 K: L3 |+ x
" k4 J& T# ^8 uIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
" U# w2 f- u& G$ f% T' {reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.* D% ~& l3 B2 ^2 n+ R
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
7 {' ^4 k. k5 }1 `, C6 W, D0 Pben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
% @6 h. a5 E1 L. q1 @disgrasful and it should go away.
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! r1 q* y; i* P2 E2 a, E PBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with, O; \9 U" e' W/ s( f. O# a
"z" and "w" with "v".' k" e/ ]' }/ u& k7 a
3 m/ n" a; E* ~: _During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
: O# B8 ]8 F ~' U- ?* h/ c( _after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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9 O3 c9 F1 F n% d+ A/ f: f( a8 o, CZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
: Z! E6 G4 i1 s. f. \0 I' t7 ounderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
1 e% E s% U( h; gUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze0 {0 F# [7 c% }5 h9 ]5 p
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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