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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
+ @/ ?/ g7 Q7 I u1 p! ]6 K2 O% \5 Qbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
6 ~: U$ Q- o! _; G, Bthe other possibility./ e8 B! I2 @# |7 K: k% x+ V
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English- a8 Z$ M, j$ Q2 X" X/ B
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
! G, T! Q' F4 [8 B$ M$ `- C6 Nplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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# f# S- f0 [ f# O5 ]3 k1 a, U( bIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
1 F4 f+ p. c! _2 l. Xthe sivil servants jump with joy.6 z4 @ \+ Q' a% c" S& Q
7 U3 Y7 X Q6 ]2 }& u2 B: n4 wThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
% s- a! E( ]/ o# g" n; a. Lkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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, l7 d& w b' c' k5 B* }There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
: v* y5 z* y: V. J) B$ }troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
9 G _5 v2 H, Q6 P1 g4 Mfotograf 20% shorter.* r1 Y$ a# U+ F$ h! ?, M
, B& x9 Z4 [7 L5 z E, vIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
* k% q T9 p1 C5 K" K( t, Preach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.& r: T5 J7 y- A7 ]2 X
6 j; ?' @9 k4 M6 ~' N" _Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
' M# c: D9 d/ t1 M$ f) l1 dben a deterent to akurate speling.
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' A5 l, ?1 d2 u! q8 JAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is( I3 s- C. i, V+ s
disgrasful and it should go away.
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5 |4 b8 M6 u9 xBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with0 `5 C- D3 M0 q' _/ `0 V
"z" and "w" with "v".7 r* e# A! P7 b, M4 M
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and( i( R, t# X5 v0 ?9 i7 h
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.8 `# Z' Y' e* C' M
4 r/ y# F; Z5 U) h9 hZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu/ X* u( t, ^ l+ d* @( o. H
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.8 I' B& [+ |& V+ U
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze! R9 z% \9 v+ X" g+ i' ]& D* }
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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