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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
: \* g3 h1 Q8 G& \6 S. |8 q$ t$ Pbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was9 }9 [5 |2 N( \7 y6 o( q
the other possibility.& i( ]/ y1 ]7 w0 p. I
6 T- e4 G$ {) g- S YAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
$ q) o$ ]( q1 h- U. Espelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
! I; {* g8 w, u. ~ Z8 b* \/ Lplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make: Y; `) @$ O, T
the sivil servants jump with joy.* d$ V0 P8 P$ }8 J d5 {
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
9 j4 u& Z [0 W0 K% ~* D$ ]7 O0 }! Ykonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
% r+ @( T% l6 I- \2 F% G; e( ptroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like8 g3 g5 c e, O! K
fotograf 20% shorter.9 W0 G' [' M& G ^2 }
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to! t3 v1 i+ x9 P3 W0 ]7 `; N6 G
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.5 M% d. y2 b( W
7 z# \. v3 d( _) C0 M* e5 oGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always: q8 D! O8 h# z% v
ben a deterent to akurate speling.- |8 N d( ]" H" Z/ T* A
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is6 P& V" \. A, N" H. q3 Y
disgrasful and it should go away.* ~& H" [" P0 w
' g' H- q& K0 V) r: q, R3 _- ]By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
7 C3 a' g0 j) E6 Z* L"z" and "w" with "v".
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7 h2 w, j5 z- e* c3 @4 _; BDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and' ^3 K5 n- m9 C% w6 k+ Q
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.9 U. k9 u; a0 _6 p
) w3 ?0 v' {8 ^* bZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
8 _3 K% b6 W# O% w$ }9 [understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
3 o5 i6 L* W, \/ t5 a2 d0 X" v' H. OUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze: w5 h0 j6 J, |
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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