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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
; P2 i7 G) ]$ P2 { Ybe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was1 h, c+ l5 @' V% K& [: b
the other possibility.
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. i) B/ [" y# ^% k( k6 oAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
0 n; o' K1 g- q5 |6 ispelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
Q1 g" i6 o9 y _/ |plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".; m2 Y/ X7 o1 C* Y9 ~+ d
' S/ r0 J4 K7 C; K- nIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
* e) {8 ^2 t8 z/ j2 \; q" cthe sivil servants jump with joy.$ ^2 {6 i5 Y! }5 X1 l
* a& c8 |: K6 K- O( _ s( G) bThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
9 B! j# e( Y4 P e: lkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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- A+ v; x9 U5 q" Z( o8 sThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
" F* R; e# E5 |! \" z. |: ftroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like/ r# z2 R3 R' l8 M3 x$ A) ~- ^: o
fotograf 20% shorter.7 q* q, Z1 _ G! M
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
4 _3 V* ^ A" w+ q7 preach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.' y" w3 e* y& {, q
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
+ i, ]+ W- {( g4 V4 O4 Gben a deterent to akurate speling.2 M: A1 y1 j3 H3 |
1 |, Y' H7 p4 j# e0 L8 G4 P/ J# fAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is1 r0 ?1 c" g# e1 t" O0 p2 d
disgrasful and it should go away.6 f1 G' f3 ?) @' P! B5 J
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with9 y8 d$ f( m/ D# {1 H- s0 X% f
"z" and "w" with "v".* |9 q+ }' Z# Y
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and0 k+ [2 W% P& J
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu$ E+ P' Z9 U( J" H/ q
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.) c P2 r6 d w# Z) U/ p4 C
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze7 K0 F0 o5 U" b0 R# ?+ m, w0 S
forst plas.
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4 ]0 s0 c: K% P$ c! kIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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