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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will! \6 a3 y* z4 f% ~
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was a& [. e' h C
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
4 [) K1 J$ e+ |: |2 i5 Tspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
+ {1 z1 Y+ a1 T8 E1 V9 l1 {plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make' d) Y; o+ G e* K
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
( g9 ?7 ?& f) v1 c& t0 H* K( _konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.5 l' t6 p5 J! O, h, O- U
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
! k& ]6 j3 b" i- _troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like5 p0 U( q, w# f8 k3 P
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
/ n* J" H' M" m6 x2 B9 q% W$ freach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible./ ? F0 G: s+ A& @. L% ~' C
: q& L; [' L$ {; A7 l6 }% vGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always6 x. C1 g( E4 m9 K5 b
ben a deterent to akurate speling.: O9 j' ? L# A, R+ X/ j5 C
5 V S+ G# F( f' }& m% H. [1 XAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is( A. x" C- k5 P7 x- k1 M
disgrasful and it should go away.
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, k5 w q7 i' e `/ v2 z: q9 GBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with8 |# c! F! m" ]- J* b* y C6 q
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and$ s0 d0 \; u# }4 M
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.. p( |7 o1 B1 ^+ L. N* g+ J+ J
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu& S, }; `0 s, U8 ?$ F5 [& t: E w% n
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.! n0 I' V% ?6 G& y* r" f( X1 C; Q
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze/ ?1 L: J o' S! Z" K& u# [, {( Q
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3 a# @0 X, Q9 d6 }If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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