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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will: E0 H, e) \: S" c( \
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was$ S7 M0 V9 m$ b) N7 w: e
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English- c4 F1 O H, b) N* q8 z% }) t
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
. O0 B+ ?& B! P5 B/ h, gplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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! Z% X4 \+ N& T! }In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
, D( l/ m: R6 R/ | a( vthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up. V# r* x" d9 `# t
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the& Q' j. K5 k% L: X% l8 [2 e- A/ ]
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to, f) W6 U' o. I/ S/ u
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.4 W4 R* F( f0 s/ F4 G1 ^4 V
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
' C! x* g$ v7 x$ n+ ^" }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 is7 R, D7 r* w% }4 }* z# t- e" W
disgrasful and it should go away.# x3 [/ |: U2 f, R; V7 d' {- n
8 c/ S6 q8 V6 b4 A5 y. Q8 c. S4 qBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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, f: ?0 K) v! s) V) o& DDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and5 [/ c( l8 N/ w0 y
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.( S! u8 I5 H+ Q/ `- }" z
3 V$ q% t, P4 l# {. \' lZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu, r3 a }1 t% V9 f( ~
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
" c$ N0 b! L, ]! K; G8 i5 E/ TUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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0 G7 ~$ o( f7 ]& YIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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