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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
, A d7 Y6 D5 s/ [2 Vbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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) O% y& i$ g) oAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English. |' x/ e0 y. D2 A
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
: g+ t: a* p/ o! _plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"./ N" `- D, M) ~! n% W
3 a8 _/ I" x; j4 S% R2 Y+ i! W! V; }In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
- [! N% l' Z! y2 y1 V. y2 ~# Gthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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8 v$ E- _1 R: Z" p4 G8 ^1 P- AThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
5 b/ m3 _4 ]5 w: gkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter./ r4 w; b- H5 w0 e/ R$ e
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& N* N S6 E( T6 l4 ~6 N3 lThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
" W. i# @& x: Y: Qtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
- q1 p2 |: \/ q- @8 ufotograf 20% shorter.
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3 C0 K/ s- _2 d$ [4 N5 gIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to; m2 l1 s( H( E4 ]8 D( H
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 is7 T4 o( }5 @' Z9 O% \: s) N
disgrasful and it should go away.! z2 v3 f8 F) m o0 u( a
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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
7 R$ D: B/ g Aafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.8 i: B- j; c7 e: `. C
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu# j% ]: F: b7 m* ?
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
1 h" `7 {2 g$ f- E- BUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze @ T$ B J" {( H% D; M
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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