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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
, `% H P% F; ?$ _/ l3 nbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was' B" _2 ]0 U& h: h/ F# I
the other possibility.! [$ m, y* ], C: S: H! x {! L0 ? v
) \7 h! C4 B( nAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English. J; D0 I% N9 z) a6 w
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
) C% ^2 j; a X5 @# Fplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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/ U- U8 {0 @' j7 u, pIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make8 \) D( j1 z. O- Q3 K4 W, i
the sivil servants jump with joy.# B' N' t8 e7 g$ y4 ]+ I
3 v6 m/ e0 a% ~The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
$ b3 O& d( g: {konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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' H1 ?! W1 z6 [There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
6 t# T6 ^% M+ s. l* ] Ztroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like2 k2 s6 E e- ^' s6 ^5 Y: s" e5 D! W
fotograf 20% shorter.
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" t! E$ k# i4 }2 _' t! J' W, RIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
4 k; j+ y% a2 g4 G, _. C! ^! `% sreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.% _0 Y) j5 |! Z# c- R8 w
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
: c4 z5 T& c$ }ben a deterent to akurate speling.6 w: B0 r) c7 q9 i* ?, g7 `
2 D; ~- \& L& t: R3 C4 A; xAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is. l* D( J: J6 M! h, D
disgrasful and it should go away.$ q* c b! t, H# ?* R
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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
- m7 P2 Q/ s, }, O6 l+ g: fafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.4 H5 k: Q! I, \* ~( l; ^3 M
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
% d: P2 T P s" |# L2 P* }understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.5 i# Y3 J& k. W. I# G; p9 Y
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze2 D* q- I. I, M" L) V7 Y0 _$ W5 E
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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