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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
6 t$ C; u& B* \! ]be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
0 {5 _' Z5 s9 h9 jthe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
1 m) ?3 e5 T8 o& r/ u' {) F0 X/ Fspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
4 Y- G+ V$ Z1 x4 a+ |" l* {plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
/ N) F4 M/ G( c( [the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
; L% s5 E4 @: V& ~# f6 k2 Zkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.) p1 t" V) D$ v
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* ^3 V! y" @ k) H# RThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the" d( t& ]- P; X, F1 a% Z# y6 g( R
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like8 Y. j4 n/ v, E8 V' i) L8 H
fotograf 20% shorter.* l6 l6 Z4 i$ \- b" W! T+ e( [
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to8 B* Z L7 v) h% t: v& p
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.' ?& c3 ?5 Q$ D8 A- D- P/ I- A; r' e
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always2 G+ F4 m6 }+ C( M* [
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
0 ]& ~- }& t( ~' k- `6 Idisgrasful and it should go away.
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; w6 P! u2 D* k% Y% }+ S8 EBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with2 P" P3 T) y. C6 f3 z8 t
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
& N9 H; m" ]0 Bafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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4 u8 m( v9 R* p eZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
# e6 J8 X1 c) a' ?' R/ \understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
4 a) s) X8 U+ u6 L8 K' @4 KUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze* Y6 w( r3 n" j4 ]1 [1 t9 C/ k
forst plas.
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% ^7 K+ z% ~. M8 L/ K8 u+ H9 uIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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