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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will. t- y7 o: a: m% J
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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7 c+ t+ { Q) X% D* O9 C0 HAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English4 j8 G- `$ _4 T- N# B6 G
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
. `0 _3 z* a- W$ z2 Vplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".$ @8 y3 |! J( z9 c7 f R- `
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make3 |6 ^) }; {1 A
the sivil servants jump with joy.' P1 P8 e3 m( X. n( C, H2 b( X
9 q( p1 `. I& X, x5 G' I; PThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
1 s6 k+ F6 u5 f1 Vkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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3 a$ E) `$ D R9 Q+ cThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
& F( {1 n2 I: v9 c& _" jtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
: u4 a& s, ^; l7 Wfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
% d E8 c. e6 areach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.' X: A/ j5 X0 Y2 `0 g3 w/ R
! H2 c8 {3 R5 [$ E ]% GGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always: J9 u7 B! [6 `! x
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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. B* c; l5 U% F0 b. }Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
h: T9 Z% M- o+ rdisgrasful and it should go away.) u$ C0 p, P: }$ ]( R1 j
4 i- x/ D" S2 }8 aBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
2 ~" O5 i* y' I, k6 `"z" and "w" with "v".
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l4 ~4 q8 ^8 ` v# H' E4 bDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and+ `) |4 s5 l+ |
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
" t8 s2 S: n4 p: H5 f% d6 qunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
6 I! r1 m/ J4 J- n. A) ~; GUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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# R: u" v) l# l3 W$ l, qIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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