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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will" Q3 z a* Q5 p5 H6 ~
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was1 J" p8 p# U. h- |3 t$ z
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
4 ~0 Z! I. W% N* yspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
% k2 u( c3 _( E$ C: Q/ h( C+ yplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".1 O7 h1 ^* U: g
$ i2 H& U; M$ s% D' A+ oIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make7 K, i8 z( ^# [! w/ `4 y$ v6 a
the sivil servants jump with joy.! g: W3 u& T! _ s
5 X4 F3 y9 I: b* T2 ^# zThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
4 M8 j2 a9 |- K8 O) fkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the/ c1 Z# n6 D# e* j3 ]( K; e
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
: Y5 N- s8 Q' i( F2 Bfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to, D; f9 E n2 L8 x4 W
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
$ M: v r2 \* i$ u: G+ {disgrasful and it should go away.
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# C; p: h9 Z& FBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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5 E1 z% q* S5 S6 c7 VDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and, a5 T: V+ ]- @; h3 c* k( [
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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5 ^2 T; f3 p, Q9 J; ^Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
8 S, {) y( y0 d7 kunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
3 F' m- o/ e. A6 w; j. N8 {Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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