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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will0 \" n( z& E) F- P6 d7 F+ n
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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9 n+ v9 W$ c$ u8 f7 }( F( G, sAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
$ ~; X/ ]0 T& f# b0 M( `1 pspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in: {5 j5 \% J7 r+ t( P
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make, H y3 C3 u' G+ _" b3 |& T4 K
the sivil servants jump with joy.7 l# k4 o# Z' t [& E
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up, g8 c# y6 O9 ^$ g
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.# c; }; z- c% g4 j" [: Q# l U
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
) F# P" E$ E$ a( Z2 ktroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like, O) I. L' ?. s! _( Z7 }& p
fotograf 20% shorter.0 z4 q# @8 ^& x; p
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
" V* J z0 g( [" `reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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/ n/ a7 a6 t, |: V5 PGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
; ~& y3 y5 i5 qben 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/ j7 F9 Z) G% v
disgrasful and it should go away.7 k9 h' x! N- y- O, M2 O
/ S3 \: u; L, `8 w0 PBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
8 o% |1 W' j9 ]+ W" B8 t; w"z" and "w" with "v".
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! j# a- T' U$ _/ T% _; q; GDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
, |/ Z: c/ l$ L6 c' pafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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9 H0 P" \. Z/ ]Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
% s# P+ ~. j L& V- P+ E5 funderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
3 \9 P% U2 n1 X0 X3 t0 pUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze) q6 e5 f' l0 L( @
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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