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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will& u: _0 A3 l, r2 w" L. Y1 g1 }- \
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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# b8 D5 r' A! o5 z sAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English8 B& T9 ~8 T5 p* I! e l' o5 U
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
6 B8 A c' o0 o. A5 V( `plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".* U0 a0 N" T* ~, v% D# T/ d
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make! W, d% G5 q; _! Z3 C
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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4 U2 X* P5 y" e0 k5 x' X! ? iThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
1 Y& |! a/ X+ M6 ?' x# O& \5 a# h/ }konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
: ? e9 H5 ^# L! | rtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like, z" L7 y/ b+ ^) i, |$ p; _
fotograf 20% shorter.! Q# Z7 P3 V: i$ s4 h" a5 `
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
3 C2 L; Q: {) z$ d- p5 mreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible." S k4 `4 Y# s o. j+ Q
5 B' G: N5 I# I N( v1 t4 U0 W8 kGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always, `% h# u0 w& Z
ben a deterent to akurate speling.7 t( k3 s8 s% m+ K. }% \; s
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is6 d- ^; X: a" `' G
disgrasful and it should go away.. t5 ^6 R1 I- Z( e
' F) g3 K; M( _) k: e( EBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with5 M; c6 x7 a( n% r8 \
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
$ ]5 G4 N# p6 }6 F2 ^after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.; C0 N& ^: Q8 s E' ^$ O7 e
6 ]/ O5 _# f& ] H- sZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu# m) T# I0 f- b; }% \% w. X
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
% _1 f6 \; W( B, xUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze& F0 i& H( B4 u# t+ S2 M. a% ?
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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