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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
! f T) [ J. N Dbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was/ |2 P# f4 a) {; F4 f1 ?) {
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English: `0 Q* ~5 C& r- i) ?* E0 }* q
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
0 b' J- E" b6 S; N6 _- {) Jplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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, D1 W8 Z# O v. U+ Y9 r3 ^( lIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make! ~: }8 Z3 s* B9 g. R/ K( H# a7 H
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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8 g: K$ @/ b+ L& v0 a& t( F; B; u' hThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up5 J2 p7 v Z5 [. |& `1 Z
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.9 z+ R6 R" Y* I% }
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4 ~+ B3 W2 g0 a: [7 h& OThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
. ^! G0 `5 g$ N4 [" y: ]troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like( e6 i+ ^% I9 S: N5 k8 g
fotograf 20% shorter.
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7 }6 ], t* x1 J. N8 S6 V' jIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
5 X* K5 K! k6 P6 N- Areach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.' f' ]- _$ j- f A! R' B
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always) a- r: p B4 l+ o1 T0 }
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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6 r. W4 {4 \0 I0 oAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
' J7 | X) E+ `8 T( L" ^* wdisgrasful 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
: D6 o Y p7 r: oafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.. ^, w! ?$ x& \& \% ?. V
( J; N/ n) q/ sZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
( f# w& S+ S9 [* [4 O- [6 z) l8 Y8 uunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
/ z& S" t& n2 I4 p1 l: aUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze% P( J# {& O3 L/ k8 E
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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