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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will2 R/ {6 |2 f5 @0 a; r: A- h4 e& [
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was' `( P' m& N$ z/ w4 C" t6 L9 p" p
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
: P1 ~9 J5 j8 |1 V5 Dspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
% I. O/ N+ W' [: }# w, o1 Xplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make& \* o% v- X5 o7 t% s: N
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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) z* o0 r; j dThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
5 @! G# W3 T. `( @, [1 F H0 c- K; Qkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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6 h/ ?7 `) Z L4 s2 d! Z7 BThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
, d) o* L, j2 C8 {: h4 itroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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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 always
7 L9 { i, L0 T+ \" ^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 is
! _" h& Z2 ?# Idisgrasful and it should go away.
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- t2 E, `0 p1 `' O: nBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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8 F- P9 E7 ?$ fDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and4 G. ]- o& n) ?- P) I/ Y
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.- q& B0 R* k. A$ k. i, W' y1 M# Y
; x- z1 F1 m: x2 A2 U. {6 J4 mZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu5 F9 g1 S6 `8 h! I; z
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
8 s) _8 r3 K8 h- YUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze/ L6 X6 ]0 b9 | ]9 Q T. M
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! }7 i$ Y7 H( R, c. E7 RIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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