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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will; ?- i3 I% i6 Q
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was5 s: ^. i( x& X$ l- L6 E3 V: F
the other possibility. G/ c0 V$ i1 i7 R
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
. y/ }7 u9 t y3 ^0 M5 Aspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in8 [$ l- L7 U! x) _
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".8 `) b. g/ y% o: d; k' m. o- q
& e% z6 D5 @2 I3 |In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make2 R" l( J7 K4 [/ d
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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- n/ {, ~3 y% D9 c* z/ r2 ]# MThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up" C/ [7 @9 ^ w) Z) e
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.5 `4 m* M7 d s$ f% h( j* I) `) R* k0 ]
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the6 v5 n: ?3 N7 u P( y1 F' n5 |9 R R
troublesome "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 to8 x4 U0 H9 n" N+ F1 y3 E9 `& m
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.2 z% l9 V* e( h( n" {7 x; f; \
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always9 t" j) d$ i) b! l' ~, ~1 |5 v9 P
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
9 a1 R1 k% |1 e! p0 w8 l& ?disgrasful and it should go away.) | R9 G8 t' g( {3 |6 ?
( }% W! x2 l3 m6 w3 l, dBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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; T+ z, B' C: R8 W! o# k7 |During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
0 Z6 N' r3 f1 _5 H5 f$ k. Fafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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1 Z0 }" \; W. S- _Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
* {2 t; c' L$ H Nunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.5 M4 u g) ~: J2 v' g1 K
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze4 L. e! ^9 k& j: _8 ]' Q
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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