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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will7 K) }& k: |( J. T2 e
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
8 Y' e* V# n/ Dthe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English- `2 _+ S& q* z% n" ]
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in. P: H3 Z: i0 `0 G+ F) Q4 H& v
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".5 {8 Q1 x5 w: s: {4 e, z
5 z6 d. e. s8 B9 V8 _( Q: vIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make8 ~# L& O x0 ~$ _ ?
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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! c3 D+ Q" ?* W' F( V3 gThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up, ^' t N4 c# Y* s. P" _3 s
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the; f* m7 Q e# j$ D; H+ S$ y9 [
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like6 U/ f& U# Q' H6 Q) Y- K0 K+ D2 d
fotograf 20% shorter.. R8 V+ \: ]6 \- l" Q
' e' o' \5 s. U. d7 i: y7 DIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to4 b2 E" ], W4 Z" A4 ]
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.; O! e, q3 {0 s/ f
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always G: N9 U" Z* W7 v
ben a deterent to akurate speling.( |# G2 O7 D$ f$ _! M, A1 M
* z- a: f; R, B: c* ZAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is) g& w. I6 ?% P
disgrasful and it should go away.3 L# }- K, I" L6 e4 R; ]
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with% v' M0 \' q# Y, V! _
"z" and "w" with "v".2 O* K& D. D" T" e+ k. R! ^: N
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and. \' i2 W/ Z% V5 v. }9 n" L" i; d' M
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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& G$ j' p$ C X! U! t, n3 F' pZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
! ]- Z& |' g2 ]/ t4 Z/ l1 H3 f6 J$ `understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.9 r% E) ~) T' \# X8 @
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze3 H) F- Y5 g: Q' d6 r) \; x
forst plas.- G4 R% v1 ~$ M& I# g
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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