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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
5 L) D) f, ^" @/ }be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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" Y7 `7 r% l; C2 O! ~' HAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
: J+ ?2 u( ^5 l6 Q' Z* g0 uspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
% T( R1 q4 I1 A3 Y" bplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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- `# l6 p' T% Z1 pIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
# B! E! V U0 {* M1 e( E! S' d( ethe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
. S8 m: Q U/ H0 \- Z( jkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.4 R6 j$ k- i0 g' K. {
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
0 e- h$ r* p4 Ftroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like* ~7 E3 b# |: q! s& p
fotograf 20% shorter.( B |7 ?( [ q/ v
9 V" M" f {5 g. {* z$ W kIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to! T z1 ?& s( p7 P+ V* r
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.( v! J1 }: h! O
) V3 I: L; S/ {* N5 r- B# O' iGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
/ ?4 `; Z. S2 T, P dben 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
7 G- Y5 p9 t, B. v9 J+ T! Zdisgrasful 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" Q# D& Q) Y3 B* J
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( Z% v. w$ w/ A$ r* x3 n
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
+ d* N/ M Y d$ K6 C4 H lUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze$ s$ G; H& ], A. }/ Q
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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