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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will8 Z" g7 B Q2 U5 \
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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* w( C* @/ j4 @3 NAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English# a" C9 q+ ^% |8 z
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in# r8 x& g' g2 Y0 b8 h9 d _
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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0 I+ ?& V" J+ A8 h8 V% gIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make! U d" ?. e) q8 ]" j
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
8 ?4 v r% Z/ i+ d" z0 |( v4 Ykonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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- f! l1 i* t M- [3 ~+ d0 xThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the: b) L2 p2 t1 Y7 k1 z m
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like( j7 Y3 t0 ` H9 c* e" v+ k
fotograf 20% shorter.
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; V- h( |& z; i8 k. D1 W- ZIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to1 L. W* d* Z$ W$ `8 t5 K
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
U8 o; D8 H3 P! s: Oben a deterent to akurate speling.- E# k/ G( ]( @' U0 ^
4 w" g8 o; [" N! EAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
6 t' s* J$ w& v9 Tdisgrasful and it should go away.0 e) I2 l/ u0 [, }; u a
- C9 C( Q$ F: d& j- sBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with( G! N. C2 z3 Q, a
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and4 t3 z' W: `- s, ?) {! ^' j. R
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.) x/ j2 O% h4 v3 @
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu! m9 {$ d1 v+ S! j, Q3 y. T
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
6 R: c3 N# X G) K: o$ KUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze' j0 o5 v2 W( H6 a
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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