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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will G8 T, d3 o5 V! q9 h9 [
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English+ x: b' j8 q# {2 U1 Q( S' k
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in/ H: t# |, ~2 w4 [1 A
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".8 [1 V6 j- Q" q- y8 w; e0 z
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make0 W6 e2 _/ n& Q- _' i6 A2 q
the sivil servants jump with joy.6 P2 H( ~; i5 S1 D! K, b- b2 U! ^9 @
) z) ]6 @" F6 yThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up4 w3 f- n, M q8 n4 H( | ^
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
" Y6 h: p- T: R- ]% |' Dtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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( |1 S; q# s5 J0 i+ m3 `8 m; ~In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to7 N/ P$ m" @: q8 h3 f4 d1 B
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible." p% Q. u' m' h
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always4 D2 ]; o- B; [* W8 O* o
ben a deterent to akurate speling.2 A1 F1 T/ T/ J, f V: P, t
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
. I% g: G% ]8 \! Mdisgrasful and it should go away.
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$ n9 ]4 k% [% Z0 VBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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7 ]+ D+ d* w; i0 `: hDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and% f/ H* H" w; ~7 E" r3 j
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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/ G9 I. G4 ]7 S, A$ a, QZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu+ ]* R1 m) K+ F8 i) S& G
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
" A. R" I; } `+ z! }+ w) y: DUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze2 {9 Q2 `' P1 G# a' K
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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