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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will7 L& q r! ~$ {1 \0 B# a$ ~8 r4 Y
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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8 t! i+ F/ W$ }# X- p6 MAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English" Q0 n( T7 c2 o: q( d7 s2 _5 d
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in' I, c1 C/ C0 N: _& m% P5 G! L
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".% s; \5 a4 b+ q4 G$ k
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make9 k( ~$ y$ Y# K$ V; V/ C
the sivil servants jump with joy.2 b: {4 v4 S" q
- B# E! ?: D! tThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up9 K7 v9 H; P3 y
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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' i! l8 g) G4 OThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
+ Y* i* o% H- [% C8 z) L0 {. e. @troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
2 n7 T, E# R0 z* v) ffotograf 20% shorter., f d' X) c$ ~
# {' y1 N3 t, OIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to) ], r. s J" J
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
4 o8 p+ y! o$ N" Oben a deterent to akurate speling.
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9 n. V8 Z" R J0 b' B' j* qAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
* I) y# s; y l/ C* S0 Vdisgrasful and it should go away.5 L4 P, H, T$ _/ X7 }* w
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
* f$ u& x5 r7 S"z" and "w" with "v".
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% s- j/ |9 `5 t" c4 F" ODuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and' X- T6 \4 v6 R3 {
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.& r: {# y0 _" k8 H: I2 r
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu) o% o2 v8 p% R! v% ]$ g, Z
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
# w B) _# |8 P( q+ rUnd 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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