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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
( {8 Q' D- \+ v" J W* jbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was7 l; m! s& Y0 E8 w% n
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English4 W' t* S9 N$ J: l! ~$ N2 Q; i9 w. U
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
4 }$ r0 R# x- @# Z0 |plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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; ?. M2 C2 B) B& e# YIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make5 B R! E1 m0 H$ f4 l
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up8 `8 G: `3 W0 f
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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( l4 f- ]# {( Q; \5 A3 I( P: pThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the$ q# l; R( T# O: P5 O) e! c/ g' D% g
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like! a& w5 K4 ]" ?5 ]2 z5 ~
fotograf 20% shorter.' {" l2 U0 B/ m/ ]4 O7 S" C
* n3 _& q1 ` P6 T2 v- PIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to- D. p) `: F) ?/ C' ^0 h, j1 m
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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+ N! l/ N& u! N+ ?7 a1 t$ Y. ]+ }Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always- E& q) w) A7 |, B1 u& 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 is
4 H/ ]$ P( G: N7 Q6 kdisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
0 E C9 E9 _9 x2 Q2 D: p ]"z" and "w" with "v".
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- ^- E1 P$ [ JDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and! b- T1 @3 [0 O* U$ z- \& ]2 n5 [' J
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& }6 Z* y5 [8 Q# N/ o8 e* Q
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru." L) l% U2 X, W9 Y: O; Y3 {
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze3 R7 A+ V' p- K- A, Y
forst plas.
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1 Y2 T, W8 Y+ `If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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