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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will. U/ \! X- D j# a
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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& p7 n8 M. u& a, E/ A: FAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English3 P' Y1 q' w( s1 K: Q8 u) H, E
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
1 I. w3 o8 p6 Q1 \plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".: \6 l1 n ^* v0 d
+ f! S0 ^( k1 N( t+ x1 f* w3 UIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make, H! S7 O: g0 Y% f( V) I8 [: r
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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4 U6 T: N4 c4 j8 AThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up& J+ I8 u, ? M% Y
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.4 }3 G, L. h2 ^
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
0 K( L5 c* S: _1 G! B8 Ctroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like7 ~+ q( @4 b* m
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
: y a, U$ m: O9 t& Ureach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
: s, e0 h! M) d' gben a deterent to akurate speling. t; C9 Z; d+ y9 ?. `) n
G+ G. H8 _9 |! O# K2 gAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is. Y6 T2 w3 S2 B4 H
disgrasful and it should go away.4 `" R: i; \8 g1 o, A
?" i( k) x, c& V e4 `5 O* T5 b1 KBy 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
. q0 \" h% z: {2 v) Oafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu8 Y. }% X ] x
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.- h# ?+ z) I( \2 _' e- F
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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6 `6 q2 `: Z( k1 AIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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