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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
/ d! ^5 {( z( `9 V( V7 {be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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" Q& N8 R4 X: uAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English1 O5 g# E5 H! g4 T" t
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
0 }3 Z' Y" X! _( Fplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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" J+ v$ f; k+ V& K0 wIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make8 ~( B3 g7 }0 K7 M7 i
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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7 B$ b3 n1 @) T& RThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
, P9 X* d6 Q& h, B0 j0 {" lkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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' m; t' e8 K$ r' @8 K7 s8 |There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the2 T3 K- L' F3 Q% F! z
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
: W! i) h) E* Wfotograf 20% shorter.
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9 b: Z" K% J2 Z: CIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
; R' C6 w# e4 ^: X& | y7 Hreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
5 b1 n# s: j4 O2 ]ben a deterent to akurate speling., V2 A) r9 {/ a- }6 z
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is) Z7 y7 n+ [/ B! a4 B7 u
disgrasful and it should go away.3 A7 Z$ p' k" P, L4 U' A5 ?2 K# u
/ ~6 p F9 `: \! SBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with: R) N: N* C7 S. F
"z" and "w" with "v".7 n: [: `5 [7 W8 N% G! x; D
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
/ ?8 m% s: U) Nafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl., r" A- }. I$ F4 a# X: z
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu7 M1 Y- G# D! d4 |
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.6 X; p( v- Z9 h$ j6 K
Und 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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