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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
3 ~6 ~- r' d# g J: Rbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
6 G) g9 r- Z1 U' ~7 _: j$ Uthe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
; e2 i. P0 S ]# ?, gspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
% O0 M5 l% \$ p1 O$ r% zplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"./ l% i2 L J n7 o
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
: X9 w; p5 i9 n$ g5 N* Zthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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9 S- L7 A2 a- G5 f% }3 I# J) h' BThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up5 q9 ~+ a- o* N V5 `# J* l# L G
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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5 _& h; c# A2 d( D; Y [, [) UThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the7 j( `% C; ]$ l- e
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
' o+ Q( R5 v& v2 x8 |9 Yfotograf 20% shorter.) \" D( }: B( b3 ^' R3 q6 V" U7 g6 P+ @! ^
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
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2 y1 T0 s' m* ?4 p- k& L! aGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
& t q' \* K7 S' ^% j6 Xben a deterent to akurate speling.( R1 w: N% a" T+ M- E" L: H" i
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is2 H, B' x K( z2 [8 s
disgrasful and it should go away.
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5 t b f0 m: ?7 y: K* xBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with6 u4 g' n, Q7 Q3 g% ^
"z" and "w" with "v".0 ~, O; R6 I' a" X) V. k F0 M. V, h5 p
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and8 |3 y/ o& h4 u Z2 m% _. c; a
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.8 n" A. d9 m) k# d
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu& {& _' K4 b/ L. z
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
: m8 O+ h7 W+ ~$ ^9 ?5 ~" F& UUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze6 v, j9 @/ E' L
forst plas.
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" R G4 e" k5 K' v& B7 nIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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