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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will: N, z7 @( l7 W! [7 a( u
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
& B# R+ d& N+ t9 W& S) c# t lthe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
3 d5 v. t% J# K/ h' A7 _) T+ v' pspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in6 I" e M" r# [/ K# U
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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* z( e, V9 c% i8 }8 c, nIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make5 l4 t- W- | {$ `' Z# K# G
the sivil servants jump with joy.) e/ I) B4 S- x% T) m: L+ B/ g
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up$ n8 j, w/ d: E; ]
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter./ z8 ^& t) k: F. M5 V; O
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" F% @( V. U5 [" k7 X3 v& N2 a, R# NThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
' U& \! Q5 E- d' y: htroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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( C+ i+ p) F4 _6 K9 m# YIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
8 h% c6 b4 n! Breach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
; f) O* d; f7 d6 B5 L* k1 V; G" ], _ben a deterent to akurate speling.; O& G& S! t7 O) h
7 B. j p$ A' l9 W# AAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
+ ]% W/ ~% a* a p6 Y3 i2 X# e1 Pdisgrasful and it should go away.
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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" V" V. p" A8 p5 G# s- A" X8 V5 P
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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- D5 H! U! @2 K0 ^ d% _Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu; n9 i+ [2 H" b
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.$ q, _! F+ c$ A; X# {
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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