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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will. N- I! s! f9 `8 x) k9 K! b% ]
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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' u( x9 x1 I @/ kAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
" {1 N; n9 i$ Y, G& Q9 i2 }$ k$ G+ uspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in4 W, v/ k( f) f: ]( L: i
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 Q6 e. ]" ?, C
the sivil servants jump with joy./ q# N) K) c' b; \+ R, U# X7 K' M
( M& d9 a% K2 c" hThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up) h2 d' T! z- E$ Z( A8 u
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the6 ^! K; R3 ]1 f b! _
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like u0 X8 n0 H ^% h$ j9 u# o$ U
fotograf 20% shorter.# G4 O5 B' c9 m8 c( ]8 E9 Z
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
6 m J8 S; |& j7 a& w; creach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.: S3 V. {+ _9 c
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always- J3 c; n3 H1 Q6 h' g w, G
ben a deterent to akurate speling.: L/ X, `/ M! ~5 G5 w
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
* s+ L8 n! Z' S" d' ?disgrasful and it should go away.8 a5 O& c3 |7 Z0 k1 |: t/ h
. C! O7 A/ {& I8 k! |" h7 p# yBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with$ I1 r# ~2 i8 r% z+ L4 q5 x% \' L
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and5 }, `* @) _2 b( R1 r
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.1 w' h x+ p2 q5 Z
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
' _- E' c3 W# j2 p* @0 munderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.* w/ w5 ]9 E5 [8 y4 p: H& c1 L
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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( y% C1 S! L* ~ h. a5 j9 zIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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