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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
) s# F: Z2 V% |# Abe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
3 [4 h7 }0 D' l% F2 y6 uthe other possibility.9 x: U/ g; B$ P! Y2 p3 O2 n4 O$ t q
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
; R+ L2 |7 n/ [( U' E0 f s% lspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
9 q- a& V m P" K$ |7 C% R# J$ W3 Mplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".5 ]# y+ }. t! H6 O; N$ Z
# U, \0 J' J8 h' X" k$ iIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
; Y& Y& i, c. H7 E0 Kthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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G9 m' W4 [1 K: }* @8 W- IThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up8 L& H' o' e5 [/ D" _# K6 Z
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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* I7 g. o* w# T/ d! l4 d/ SThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
+ E! `0 q% e/ d5 etroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
- V5 [( d7 ]: X1 w V. M1 U3 E. w3 mfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
2 |. s7 l R0 w6 R/ Preach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible., |6 s. T, q/ @0 s! [$ x% f
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always6 {/ V- g, D4 {9 s) q; [* R U
ben a deterent to akurate speling.; p: p) L% n* ^ [4 ?* d0 a
& o! J% O5 B! c* @Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
4 b6 }% U! r+ j$ C3 }- adisgrasful and it should go away./ f* _$ \: e% I3 ^
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
* V) u; U7 N1 j) n: ^- O"z" and "w" with "v".
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$ ^& Z* u9 M# Q4 c4 g/ d$ zDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
% t) B0 L: h* B. x5 k/ |after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.* ^, A, w& s% F' `- p) n
0 T. t# b2 Q. |. }Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
* b1 h" Y! F' d8 ~( |; j d: a7 K. Iunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru. ~' f& U- ~3 t+ V6 q) d6 ]
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze8 m7 ]: }& E R/ [5 @
forst plas.
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$ o6 l3 C# R. Y: bIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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