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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will) W; ?- d$ @9 L$ T! ?
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
% a" n. o) f+ `4 m6 I7 Bspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in: M _: O5 z4 g6 n9 q6 V' q
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".! h5 b8 i7 ~) x
' Y6 T; s! u' n: O$ U3 K! KIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
% h* ^2 F1 n+ Y0 l8 Xthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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9 Y2 `- S! Z7 e0 T5 s; f% `The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up$ [# N5 W6 D, m$ z$ `
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.5 S5 z& O& F9 E4 X4 }. U( [
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
* o8 q9 ]* ^( {& }7 A$ T. Z/ vtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
. F; R" q7 u- I" ]3 Z) h& t$ [" pfotograf 20% shorter.
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: q' X7 m$ M: S, _$ vIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
7 _5 V V+ J8 `" V7 w7 H+ zreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.9 E9 s: v! l8 a: E! s, p
7 V% n W* |" ~* W) p- G2 qGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always) {" a% m6 [) k# v2 w
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is" y3 q, _3 N8 j4 P
disgrasful and it should go away.
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3 g/ q- {0 r# w' u; P0 vBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with) Z, @% {$ S3 n& F: E5 B
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
; T$ }6 O6 q$ W3 z- K& i6 A* S4 T |. vafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl., e. T) E6 v$ v3 U" e8 ~
6 q" q* R* D. N% z3 j& ~9 ^Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
3 [0 |2 m1 d7 `7 P' m E) Gunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.* A# K. K7 j: O9 {% A8 m6 W
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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/ A1 a+ q+ m6 r* P* TIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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