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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will3 E8 e- ^ b T, X7 L2 q6 y; R
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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- z: i3 ~* k$ rAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English) _. S3 t# _5 t- H( U0 O" ^: P
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in5 j; _5 i. \6 f5 F
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".$ G1 G4 }8 l% Q: G
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make+ I! E6 D6 L/ G& i5 L2 Q
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up0 s2 `" _. S6 v0 W
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the2 k- w' e: Z% l8 [( O! Z2 T8 h
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like7 s3 N6 G7 B; U; f& O+ \: ]& Y8 f
fotograf 20% shorter.! l9 I; {9 ^- s$ E4 e4 a
2 }' J1 W0 D& l" r2 d8 s/ GIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
+ n) u6 o) [& O" z' X7 Hreach 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 is1 l5 O! g5 r" N/ d. o7 V
disgrasful and it should go away.* U8 n, o) w6 H7 O2 o7 q
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with$ Y* g" ~! e5 w* d% t
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and* j' m1 B; H* {/ `* k! P, K. |2 m( ~' o
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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" T5 W+ s. X3 r; hZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
. ~& j/ L) y) L5 bunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
5 k1 K* R6 f. i6 @' a; sUnd 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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