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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
, @4 `7 M. T, g$ t fbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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; z0 C( g3 K7 j# p! M3 AAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English' I7 v/ Z# y( Q" {
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
! o: l8 N7 g5 _* nplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".! n, _: o# _; D7 \- b' o8 p7 q) i+ l6 U
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make" f+ `& p) P6 S+ ~; `& d
the sivil servants jump with joy.% R% f6 P* @. \$ E3 H7 T5 s2 s
7 E8 \/ ^- K! t9 e& CThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
) Z/ u ]3 [2 B- T3 o6 `konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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~) Z v5 }7 Z" s: qThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the u2 E6 c8 m2 U4 {5 p' i% C
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like' {$ X5 L+ _& r; ]
fotograf 20% shorter.
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1 S2 H( Y5 Y9 [& WIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to2 ]8 c# L% |2 d
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible./ | U$ h# M- ]
8 C2 I0 W) A7 f* x8 `; kGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always8 Z5 F. D7 b' q+ C
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
& d+ ~! x5 ~% K- b0 ?1 Rdisgrasful and it should go away.
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/ N0 x( J+ J* O5 f1 aBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with- B( j& f: @0 J7 `0 k) W4 o1 l3 G
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and) Q- h- ]$ b9 G% x7 r: c( ~ N4 {
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.9 }; i( m- s2 [! m& ]% d
% i6 ?8 H- t8 J- Z3 t) `Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu( D4 O0 A7 ~: T; h
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.1 u! L: Z2 g2 e9 ~' w/ z q' m
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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