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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will# i/ d, v6 ~1 d ?$ Y
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was/ K) _" P; f6 q( T6 i8 M
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
( X% q q0 A2 b8 v4 vspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
9 x& t0 J7 @8 m4 \& w# N: A) vplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".6 r _, N' a+ f; G, Z! l, a
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
. p% ?/ |5 r% C3 _the sivil servants jump with joy.
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; B! H* Z5 p/ I; eThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
5 n+ \& U, M. ~3 dkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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* U- B8 Z8 [5 R& _! r: CThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the9 x% \+ \6 a: c5 @- R" J
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like/ k8 n6 X$ w% c- q n
fotograf 20% shorter.. t1 X. h7 O6 X8 p6 m: v8 [
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always4 ^# e6 \* C. V6 ~# B H
ben a deterent to akurate speling.% {( [+ @/ h2 g, p; \, A- w
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
1 i X, F; ?9 K1 odisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and) G. d2 u; F4 D0 z
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.9 q/ n2 C1 F7 s2 ?
6 i' t& m; A! s- S) R5 } z8 Y0 M8 W/ |Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu1 u4 b' D% X7 I: `4 F
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
) ?- N. m/ K' T$ [8 kUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze' V5 C( J' n9 R$ C
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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