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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will1 D: L& D9 m4 a8 C: }! A9 U O8 @2 n
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
* v: ?# i) ?, ` ~/ Lspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in( ?, W# b6 q) I5 k7 k! N' i9 a$ D/ [
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"., R6 k6 k! U- Q6 t: _
7 u: M' m3 x. u GIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make; O& K9 ~/ o8 e2 W4 g7 M
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
4 i! W" u# b% s3 Ikonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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4 p8 f' R [) _# o: }& YThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
0 B7 Y$ ^8 C' @! dtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like4 d( b" l, G4 n P) a! X0 Z8 C
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to( l" K% \& @; ^' g2 m
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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' r2 }4 s! P$ P5 u# ~$ QGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always% o. o# u/ S& u1 Z; A; n: N
ben a deterent to akurate speling.9 p& ]) j% Q6 g0 T
9 A+ j `1 o5 V$ p+ ]# pAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
' U) \* ]( y( @' b5 ?disgrasful and it should go away.1 F @# V: y6 G! ] z6 T) B7 j" E
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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2 i; v! g; l) Z: VDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
$ ~1 X& K, S6 ?) pafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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' P q8 S, Q4 B8 \ OZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
: h- c# S% H0 tunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.4 K( }4 G5 Y/ T) b4 N: R0 j7 U
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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/ [4 ~% y2 x: J9 uIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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