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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will( I6 u, S1 h* f/ j2 R
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was& A( u0 k/ `$ U
the other possibility.) R( W9 z7 N b3 y% x9 H' |
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
7 V( Q* _) Z0 Ispelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in8 T; B9 {+ q! k2 E1 e4 F
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".+ t0 b$ }9 X3 f6 s
u D) V2 C$ j% n3 `. mIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
2 o3 u8 ^/ {: P9 e& r0 _the sivil servants jump with joy., x3 A8 N5 p$ j8 A( ^& a, n
8 W G: e* j% Y) A' `2 u: jThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up" L6 z& G: |2 {
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.6 v0 D8 O. b5 z& v1 ^
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
$ w) f( z4 D# h# j' {; vtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
4 V! w7 @: X6 h: s5 g- {+ |) mfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
- t i) o+ q0 K% o0 C, x0 o; ~reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.& {- [6 z; P9 ]2 S' A+ T d- q. b
; J4 `. N- b3 |( S: k; H; y0 IGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
/ w5 |, h2 R' _0 @ben 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
: `# q# ~0 p/ mdisgrasful and it should go away.
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4 l' Z5 E" O" c, a4 aBy 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
6 C" B8 U7 S# N, ~3 ]/ Iafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl., ~8 f" p+ O: b
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu/ J. m! N/ a8 R- Q' _3 O$ }4 w: u
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
3 h1 _% \4 y5 H Q V6 zUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze3 A. u7 J D; ~* \
forst plas.
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4 U. d7 {! V* ?If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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