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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
8 ~) f7 x& z2 S$ [be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
4 Z- g: x8 |6 t$ a0 j8 c# ethe other possibility.
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9 T* w! w3 ^' U$ ^, X. ?As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
; L( y, l2 h' @* v7 j( }. lspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in8 N& G8 Q0 R K4 k
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make+ e$ Z7 y6 Z9 W
the sivil servants jump with joy.5 l' ^" n4 o9 J0 h. J6 h
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up5 B8 U" s! O, A h, K
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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" n/ Y- m7 }! \There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
5 T! o7 B: T8 z4 _troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
, F8 `0 h7 w5 G5 X f, J6 ifotograf 20% shorter./ y' w4 S; f | J
( F" Y+ F5 ?4 y$ |6 wIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
5 Q R! b7 [6 ~$ v8 Y6 rreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
6 @& E* C S; @, J; `" cben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is0 j: q1 T$ h, w1 B7 H; P
disgrasful and it should go away.
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0 j ]5 ^% ?1 s& E1 J2 W% VBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
7 E$ z0 h8 I4 H& r4 a1 T"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and0 k6 p. }: `/ Y% i/ p" a8 v5 m) M% W
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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/ E9 a. m( Y1 o: |! X" I8 hZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu( s7 b9 E/ }' {# [
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru./ S& E' w; z/ Z ^
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze, A9 H* U8 b, s6 g' u6 B# p
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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