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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will2 v- {: Y- n- e3 ~$ s5 D) I, C) U) }
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
$ g, _, o7 d4 u" o( p- nspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
i1 j" [: X a( b, i8 p$ G/ Nplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".' N3 f1 w b5 P( I3 P+ C6 v
, s9 |! h6 \" F7 x& _) iIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
+ f9 e$ N$ x9 e5 W8 @* Hthe sivil servants jump with joy.1 v% R4 v; J% K' j! F, L
" K9 w% g2 ~: ^4 z8 R9 {# bThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
: {' p) \' u& Q- d% Nkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.6 x: z8 d: a( d! P- ~
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c& A, b8 g( \/ J% qThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
4 ?4 L9 x5 k6 ]& c8 Ltroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to% H9 f4 X4 x* v J5 r* H
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always3 g% t5 G! ^- Z! ?! W- H
ben a deterent to akurate speling.5 r1 S0 k9 Z$ {. d
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is& I9 O/ p& o# Q+ H" v
disgrasful 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% @' |1 Q- M* r
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.0 s1 @( D4 P- V. ?6 z% _
7 `8 z; Y: s: q |0 W1 cZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
9 Y& ~0 P# C- i8 g( qunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
7 ?9 Y/ N, m9 V7 k4 tUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze ~8 D' U _- J+ ?8 X! ^
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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