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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
2 A( c) Y" E6 F" x; \4 Cbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
# B1 }' Y. T" ~$ A; @3 j0 u' X1 xthe other possibility.
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; c5 m& R4 V! f) B. F0 u: e) zAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English4 Y0 y4 A! y/ D7 g
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
6 `: f; r8 y5 e' Oplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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7 r* ^) V5 T: kIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
( I& \7 d/ ?2 H2 X* q% nthe sivil servants jump with joy.2 u! f6 V. e. p: y) m( F
# \' r* N. R7 G% GThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up, o" Q8 l. Q) o: v( K
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter. W- Y" F9 {0 ^6 `% j. I
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
, O5 h* K& N2 `6 C# H4 |: L1 atroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
" z) o4 H% a6 j! i. L6 R; `1 Ofotograf 20% shorter.: I" S, z/ T. R. R: w! R
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
; N! L* D9 ]$ creach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.& b! D3 }* @ ]5 e. [! ~
- }% x/ x* j9 k! k$ w$ f) K3 iGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
{3 C6 n D% l) \ben a deterent to akurate speling.- o9 i! {) t* |6 Z+ A
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
/ c' v: B d4 R* m( ` Udisgrasful and it should go away.
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& ]* }" P/ f1 Q' k: V8 h5 \) YBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with X: l; q$ u9 i2 f
"z" and "w" with "v"./ L/ X0 p+ V$ G1 ~1 `+ H1 i `
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and" d# ?& F P1 |+ ]. \4 d
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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3 }2 A6 W0 h( l- l8 s! H8 nZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
+ v4 t6 P. r# U# j. Dunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
" T5 c- S4 q# M- s6 jUnd 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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