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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
! _' X N/ W5 E0 O9 gbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
. M( I0 _; H A$ tthe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
4 i6 z3 x/ ^- k/ O8 G# ~7 @spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
9 V& H8 D+ H6 G& Dplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".7 w/ G. b7 t1 N1 g& g7 A- k; Y
4 k7 T) p; t+ j! pIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
" |$ @ ?, \! kthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up1 j- `# P! b7 c! }3 J
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the- {: Z0 B" J9 e$ ^7 \8 a, _
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like7 e% _# Z# F+ D! F
fotograf 20% shorter.
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* L1 p3 @/ m7 `9 z9 v. {5 UIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to$ [/ N( s! U0 |) d- p! q+ F A) D
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.$ g* Z" t$ D/ a, q7 U& Z
3 A, _ `% O( O# C# jGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
# L7 p0 @& G, Iben a deterent to akurate speling.
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' M( `' `2 }7 F/ n9 ZAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is2 s8 h9 f6 z7 m c, R' X
disgrasful and it should go away.2 E$ L: V. }" q' h9 w3 _" x
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with6 I# P M v: G" _
"z" and "w" with "v".) T& D: D9 ~0 P, R/ \
5 @4 e$ x3 E1 { y3 xDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
. v3 M/ t8 U4 U! ]1 Z! |after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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4 S2 d: c! P5 n6 G6 o) qZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
8 o2 _7 B& G5 N5 ^9 r' W: z/ ]# iunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.* j, e- m# H+ U& ^/ s
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze4 h) J+ o1 c& \7 ?
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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