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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
, B# ^# U% G7 r/ ~' Q8 Ybe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was$ u/ u7 i# l$ L
the other possibility.; b* o% R8 e k1 \$ z
4 i3 F5 k/ u" T2 G) {1 ?0 ?As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
) |9 t) F M/ Z8 ]spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in5 D# `) x- }) [9 v! G
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".) b' G4 x6 C, F" M% Z6 @8 f
5 K6 m+ x/ W% l* \3 z8 NIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make1 E K) L' t( ^5 ?4 ]$ ]3 `/ m# a" ~; H
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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, w2 w% j1 |8 s7 b; ], Q" yThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up0 ?) s& ^+ N7 r% T
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.9 W3 E4 E+ T' h i% a/ K
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& ]% E6 t8 z& \+ \3 x1 MThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the3 H4 V8 T' \2 F1 |% O
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
) M; O0 [7 \1 r0 e9 P6 Ffotograf 20% shorter.
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- d. ]( ^5 r7 i* x: E/ |' u* }In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to3 m" y2 P, I& @: K+ ~
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.8 N1 C' o4 l! ~7 d; i
' z1 U. g( ^5 h% m9 P& {Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always" V( Y2 h. H9 F( a- n/ O- m
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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3 q1 L/ g6 K7 ?# U& E+ FAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is0 C! J& {$ g! N
disgrasful and it should go away.$ e" ]) A9 H* Y
) c V& X- t" y: d% RBy 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"and4 y" J2 V" U# V% h- u' f6 @
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
2 Q' h7 {3 G- h# a6 J% ?: M" @understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.5 P! l/ f% O, A6 Z1 e& N
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze* Q, d/ Z1 ]9 v* H
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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