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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will8 d' `5 Y! S: X. s |
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+ P6 R% C- ^/ F, E {4 d+ F
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in5 g7 q+ j* Z/ A$ Y& \# p, _2 k. n
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$ I4 V- B0 u1 i {& z
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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$ z4 z* `. z1 [) kThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up" O5 x8 O6 r) N
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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6 \+ W. I G$ S( ?+ O3 z6 W ~8 rThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
- x' e/ R: j( j5 J7 {troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to" ?! n2 |7 b4 J5 W, T/ V/ ^5 E$ W
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.( J ~# R) y4 N* g, p# `
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always# ?+ \' R! b9 B$ H5 {
ben a deterent to akurate speling.1 F7 Q; @. E4 H- |8 {
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
3 G; @5 E C) T; O6 X! P( O. t9 Vdisgrasful and it should go away.
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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
" \* A/ Y" m3 |. D; ^after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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: L/ n. E8 S( ~, u( a1 `6 p- U u, a. {Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu- c* j2 Q2 k# o! ]4 l% _# f
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.6 l q0 |" x8 ~' z8 }
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze5 j' U5 X! d8 m+ Q1 z, t) @7 x5 C1 |* C
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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