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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
; {" ?& ]7 P# E c6 Nbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
! d3 U7 a* R: y" @# V( nthe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English" @* l) C o# b: F; g& }6 [6 Q% n
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
2 i# {2 I& ~/ B8 e- L# fplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"./ Q5 v% O+ `1 E6 c# l9 w) d
8 ~. L5 R4 p0 q" Y1 x7 m2 LIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
2 x- T3 b& o* z) xthe sivil servants jump with joy.- {3 v4 c/ N* t, }$ c3 B- E
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
9 X9 w; h: s2 e3 F: `# `konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.6 j9 U' A4 T) n: h
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/ ~) E3 n' {" F% Q( kThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
( @9 _: I) ]8 v" a8 ptroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
" ^7 w5 f1 {/ ^( bfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to' @3 r" S7 V1 L
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.5 f, N8 T+ K" @
* [4 h C6 U& @+ Z; bGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
; L+ ~" q5 {9 v! ?! a" r7 [2 U) ~ben a deterent to akurate speling.# n* [) n- H4 f( S$ M6 R
# b/ O# g" M |6 o C" `' A+ ^Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is( w( V3 i" F! A2 K/ @
disgrasful and it should go away.
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% s* m( T8 @1 }9 z3 \5 mBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
, ~6 ?; z1 P6 {0 k7 E" @"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and% S( I6 Z# O, D+ W- q5 ]
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.6 |1 ?! S, q- R7 `! D9 z+ O! `
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu( o; F9 \- \: B; ]
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
0 Q0 h: G+ \. ^Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze9 O' _+ N2 v$ A0 C1 Q- K; P
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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