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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will% Z3 ^* g5 O) P& N
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was. h$ u" \9 e' f+ `3 N* D
the other possibility.* \% e+ p# d0 | S& m( }
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
( b5 k4 U6 G$ Y# R) rspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
* f' N4 |$ L3 y, ^plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".) c$ m: R7 \6 F, E
9 o3 L3 @8 u! N& qIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make7 n7 e4 z+ x$ G. Z @" H2 w, n- i2 K
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
' T y& z/ s3 X, V2 Ikonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.% T% A: f& x3 U' j; Q
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" S2 s* m+ \7 R) K6 ~There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
$ y6 l' w# x! z2 Jtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like! s$ R r1 C: d
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to% U8 H3 X/ q4 ?2 M$ F
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.7 \% I2 m% Z: R1 T1 K" C
) N, n$ K9 |6 t2 N) ]2 X, |Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always5 ^# s& Z- }/ |0 \6 E+ v$ i
ben a deterent to akurate speling.: L b4 e8 z c1 y
8 w4 Y+ G: X9 l, p) `( _4 Y# i, iAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is3 \' j0 j7 c. G% Q7 M
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with. C3 H- M" ~; c; T4 W
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
6 ]8 q x9 P- o6 _* Y; j* gafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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9 @' M' Q" p6 @; ^( i! wZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu2 _% g4 V; o5 ?
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru./ P5 ^% }) _' n% b& @& y
Und 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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