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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will. p. z' R* W- i( }7 {7 H5 d$ F
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was8 s; Q& h% _- s" \8 p
the other possibility.
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3 F2 q, ]5 F8 b: b/ F* y5 JAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
, ]& q; k0 U8 r1 Z# B( i% Dspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in7 z# H C4 a) A m
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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_6 ?8 P* l8 ~4 [! W! L! dIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make+ H3 d. O& ^( _. T* d( c. }
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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0 ~; r, F% |3 N, Z+ XThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
9 R. B' d6 X' x1 [. Q0 L: e2 rkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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@0 _6 D( ~8 y. F/ vThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
* S, A5 r& y6 d- ?! J h9 ?troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
2 V) r" R: h; ~& Tfotograf 20% shorter., W l1 W$ |; V3 Z# O) ]# l
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to* y3 O" K7 H9 o$ i0 Q& j
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.1 U& n, q! h- x1 L& F; B1 J
0 o, f8 ~* q6 w3 e- S: D" t+ Q) kGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
3 i p5 K/ S- iben a deterent to akurate speling.& G8 Z+ e2 {& g% W
: \; D2 J2 w) `2 hAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
9 k4 v* {6 `1 A4 e( Sdisgrasful and it should go away.
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! B" Z3 ^9 V, M% JBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with/ q: t' f# B: p/ q) V1 k
"z" and "w" with "v".
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. T0 {( c9 `+ ^( |During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and+ B. q! B/ A8 R! L4 {
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
+ R2 S3 F+ w* X% xunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
9 b3 \* y% Q7 y# S, D5 w. nUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze8 Z7 a, H' H# B5 F) q
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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