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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
( n+ e" z% g9 t/ y; X5 N% k5 @be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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5 d0 ]! v# O. @' l6 f; k9 R {As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English0 I. W+ P: Y' F8 {9 W7 A3 K
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
1 u1 K, X3 D: i! O' N/ ]. |( Pplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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1 S( f; Q3 e" C8 l& wIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make# ^6 F% t! {8 x* u2 [: ~2 U4 Q
the sivil servants jump with joy.1 b7 D' Q. y# k2 x# w( H- ]
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up3 k0 }. X$ C% P; E9 O- j
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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$ ?& y [8 I9 ~, ^0 bThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
* K( K _( U3 p/ F) f) S" utroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
0 t( S- }- Q1 _& W3 i Jfotograf 20% shorter.
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6 a4 Q S) k/ I* s; cIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
1 v! N& B: \/ o: jreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
+ b3 }5 \# @* }8 ?0 v, Vben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is4 f2 v5 _, L. I2 _; `
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with0 C; E( c2 M6 z! X9 y" Y2 e: ~
"z" and "w" with "v".
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9 t+ i7 C5 J! _; z3 N. T- oDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
) ~# `# S5 d, ^; Y, pafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.1 P* p8 b9 Q9 R0 H! B! S H
2 Y$ `- X! v$ YZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu3 \2 x, i' l/ a, K; H+ X& A) E
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.. f' _9 d! A/ W5 F x, Z8 S" p2 {( {
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze1 @8 }& ~8 ^2 \* F Y
forst plas.4 K! G+ ?; h; y; i2 l
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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