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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
. H2 q& D- `4 ^! R, ~3 d) `, I6 Zbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was$ d' J u' p& v
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English( X: Z% t0 q+ T- a
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
2 a5 O5 D6 p e4 m' Nplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".2 n) [2 q2 F o% [
& S3 x7 ~6 c; S" CIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make6 ^5 N( F. d- Y3 ?5 p8 P' N/ q2 N% s
the sivil servants jump with joy.0 I' A. b$ k( _! ^# P
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
0 L2 M. T4 m+ E" O! vkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.5 E8 E* l/ c" _; B O
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the* ? g- h. n+ _+ B' X( f
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like* v) v& t+ N6 F9 r( j& p% ~# r! C! o
fotograf 20% shorter.
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! [2 `. N* t* ^# PIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to4 ~9 [1 m" p6 S5 H8 w
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible., z: ? c( u& u1 }5 Z+ B% C
3 t' G$ X0 @& HGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
5 x% r- L- h8 d" c4 Rben a deterent to akurate speling.
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9 ~7 x) Y ^* X( Y% `! M$ w# lAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
/ Z4 x: V0 t6 I: A; R7 O+ h; p: N Gdisgrasful and it should go away.5 R" H4 N) B. w% c, A
) G6 @$ x$ E5 O, ]By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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4 n2 g$ A% G- ~% v" JDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and9 W- [) k# x3 q$ }- N
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.3 p. a( {* X! t' j( h5 n
( {! T! S$ Y; i9 I( x; r+ rZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
8 G% L# Z* G: ^( e# z- Funderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.6 \. C3 s; W" L4 X2 N r
Und 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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