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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will2 ]1 B. e) r( M; |2 d' c) L" P
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was) p8 V' z& H/ F- W
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English' g2 [( S. L* n* W) Y, D( e0 g0 P
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
7 Z0 }( v) j( {% g3 T9 S. Tplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".+ _& H( w- ?! u& P% C* x: j
( E& Y* ]% v( LIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make) `" ~# \; ?9 ]7 \4 X
the sivil servants jump with joy./ G# x1 s! s3 B8 c
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
& K+ g1 \1 M& s3 V, K$ `& lkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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9 e U! P7 A' d. X5 uThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the+ F2 F; N ~& }1 y) R
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like }: c3 ?4 L! U, G
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to* m* ^% \$ @) K: ?/ r- S
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.- t! Q8 C+ |" m. N
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always1 H1 K! k' B9 X( Z( l- v
ben a deterent to akurate speling. B' \) ]' V4 x
( M( ^- b8 k0 T: k" W9 QAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is7 K+ o9 n) w5 Y) p
disgrasful and it should go away./ m X. u% m6 Z; u4 V
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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4 ~5 m% X G2 \/ D/ WDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and3 P n' k9 z. X6 ]
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
+ p9 W& h$ Q, `, @* r" nunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru./ X# Z" L' Q% m1 b9 R
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze9 v( r+ `. A& ]9 y9 Q' i* p
forst plas.7 `. }/ z/ L8 [- Y" I
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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