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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will' a; c, l. M+ x0 x
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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+ D, y# H; t! |* w# \1 T. TAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English8 S0 {% v: U4 C E, V
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in+ u2 T$ B$ @. @9 U
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".' j& \" l# V) H' Y5 p3 K, t
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make+ L8 S+ {" \3 f6 n. Z, a O) a
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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# ~4 J+ Y4 p; `9 iThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up6 a* M- `! o4 x) Z! B5 D, E; ?& Y% b
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.9 z1 ^+ s' \, y: w0 ]+ T
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, d* B: ~' h1 k- K. a: k# UThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
/ B% {% s0 C$ ] ]4 m; @( {troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
) m% `7 h q' A, F: B* s% cfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to6 Z9 z2 T5 @. N1 m/ z
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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n& l1 M& H8 G8 k9 E% A$ l+ ?Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
- p5 p5 W! F, a. J; _1 oben a deterent to akurate speling.# V" z( _' y6 ^' L" S3 ^: ]7 l) n8 U
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
' o/ m% m9 k u9 Ddisgrasful and it should go away.6 s. k1 R: Y& V" X) x
# Y U1 D' u0 s! b) _By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with7 k/ ~# o% u! s5 a: X* Q6 Y
"z" and "w" with "v".
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( Z, f% g9 E3 }( `3 G9 UDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
' p. n" j w( C& M6 \" t# l+ Uafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.' v3 {6 e, ^/ W/ S; s4 Q
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
2 }) d1 {! |2 y2 Xunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.' R( Z& T/ H1 W; p* K( h# b
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze0 t1 k# m3 J" V" T* q, h
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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