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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will/ `. m+ N5 Z. D3 H' H
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was# ?9 A8 Q @$ {
the other possibility.' o0 |; D8 O/ z1 r/ k+ G
" {+ X: J; s5 HAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English' S$ V. T/ L+ d) R& }9 R+ f
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
: f/ `* C3 _& y/ p" fplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".& L8 ?+ N. X/ J' v, a
, r W0 ^$ ^4 _% aIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
3 Z! E6 q y/ O8 R mthe sivil servants jump with joy.( b% s3 J2 D" J* D2 m
$ p7 O/ | H" f! o: U4 r3 A/ _3 F( FThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up) x7 l, U! K0 g. b! |9 ~
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
! u7 Y& {' P+ f8 p* Etroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
! V; V' D. e- }2 @+ V5 R$ Q6 ]fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
: y! R3 ~& U/ `+ greach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.& A A/ S% n2 j9 a2 c- {
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always4 y) e+ x( L- `; x$ @
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 is4 b- j. b. O' g: n; r: {1 f& P
disgrasful and it should go away.5 H' o' t3 f% i, i
- f1 d/ z! k- C+ I3 `By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
! D, i3 ~( V" M6 g+ ^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( S- J7 \3 \; u1 s6 l# ~+ w
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
1 D: A# K2 D0 j) e) U* JUnd 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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