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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
9 a+ z3 P/ M/ \+ i0 ?3 ^' Z0 s# Ibe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English. U; R6 y( b& B6 w. W
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in! O0 X0 _. r" P1 G+ F
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"." w$ T0 A' W0 V2 r! w1 \1 c
( Y+ n. }* Q" l$ J m) |8 EIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
0 M5 ?1 D& Y/ w3 V+ [the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
* M v6 S* n% @. Z5 _konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.2 b0 [' F% W+ \" d# m
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$ Q0 w t# G1 V- P) h% c" c. sThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the5 b1 z m/ z' Y* ^, q3 |
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like) t) B+ w# R' R) v! y; f
fotograf 20% shorter.1 ]2 C8 R* R2 l) ?0 W8 @9 h
, T: g3 D, j/ mIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
" g( J% j- z6 H* ?4 N$ oreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.8 b2 ^4 X" T- ~3 B
, S$ o6 l) ^- a$ g$ C0 J( u" mGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
7 Z* L& x0 u6 w: m+ r! hben a deterent to akurate speling.
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- `- ~( L. i* wAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is+ C! V# [$ {, x+ E7 j
disgrasful and it should go away.7 O5 e1 \' `" X, u/ K, c
2 G* A6 K! b* i. y0 qBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
$ ?' o( N" M. ?; h8 ]4 G"z" and "w" with "v".0 E* v9 X2 @. ^
+ l. a' f8 Q* G# X+ o- YDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
5 n Z) f \1 Q; J. l1 \9 lafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.0 z; G ]0 B1 K+ P9 M" q7 X
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
& d- ]3 |( t- H- f) @understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
* N$ A9 P* A$ e# b y0 vUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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- m$ y# I ]0 k/ J3 F& z- {If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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