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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will0 A: E" b9 M I
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was% [8 ~. L1 Y% K- S: R
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
, I s9 J3 q" J1 }6 \, f4 N$ y3 l+ Mspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in& V& C; Z6 W. o5 g
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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7 g: O I3 l9 X9 E2 _In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make2 f( O1 B9 F, @- o7 C
the sivil servants jump with joy.9 |9 q3 r& T; t4 B9 K* I# O6 W
% Z/ u$ `# |4 z" RThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
5 _, l! x5 b# Okonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.1 ~1 k& E- o: P
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" J: Q3 V. X6 {2 dThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the$ X8 ^6 b) y! a/ M7 V5 y. R
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like$ ~- n% T$ V9 S6 l+ o6 U, \1 t
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
8 k7 z$ Y' L7 R! K0 n6 Rreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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7 }& z+ k( {# l C. c6 _Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
. t0 _2 A9 ]& Y, M1 N- yben a deterent to akurate speling.! X) x! T# ~) j# P9 r2 \% y
5 p! S( E6 w$ t3 ]5 r, b8 K+ NAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is0 O. f( r+ u, i* [/ H, X) \& R$ i
disgrasful and it should go away.
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( C; V' i2 ~. j6 X; X- gBy 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' [% u& i; O. P9 r9 e6 f! M
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.7 m1 V V+ ~0 x) q5 }& z8 T
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
; n! C6 ^) x3 K% g9 \( ?understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
$ T$ |( H* R5 u# q2 l+ K4 V5 pUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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