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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
" z: }' {* U& R* ]& Nbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was) f6 T2 x+ e" r8 b& c
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2 Y9 Q/ n2 S' T- H" X9 ]: c ~As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
! w( W: Y" C+ k2 \6 Jspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
) ?* C( U: M. L7 i- E8 ?( d: qplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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: v3 B# b( c& c7 o1 L. xIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make7 g2 _# M; W6 j3 V& }
the sivil servants jump with joy.8 n+ |( _0 P" B' z R" l
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up/ _! G/ c; i4 o- _6 ] H
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.5 s) e; r- X5 G: p
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the0 a. J0 G& g. m
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like4 f- T: _4 w& o4 `7 Z
fotograf 20% shorter.0 F* f" D) i8 m K' {
' o$ j6 U$ s6 } c R3 UIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
. ]! J/ Z- o& b' b+ g5 Yreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. N/ s+ Y- g4 a+ [# J- P$ ?
8 z0 D U0 }' Q0 IGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
) }( B6 ?; K' p. L0 Iben a deterent to akurate speling.1 g$ h' p0 _* m7 S$ C
& z" H( O9 a nAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is1 g, A7 h) E- b+ R) }- p# H9 }( J2 i
disgrasful and it should go away.
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& L* Q3 Y0 B. B0 u* ^, k, q" zBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
: ^' D# g/ k# O$ a' i# d c: k"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
2 c) O! @7 F/ h; i8 _" e; Vafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl./ G6 H: X7 b! m2 G2 d
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu: X" E( R t' b6 S, B0 ?
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.' w0 v E# |* p1 p( ~! V
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze; `/ F/ l& ?1 k7 c/ s6 a8 V& {7 g/ Q
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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