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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will, v8 y# S* Y( a! I
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
, T, Z& F. h$ H; v& fthe other possibility.
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+ M$ }0 J+ ]+ T2 cAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English7 L* S N/ X* C
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
9 i! W- Z' r( @plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".3 [7 C& R) \7 L* r' a: U4 C$ E
5 y/ V& r' P: T3 J! H/ YIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
2 {2 ^4 d* E* z6 {9 f% Lthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up1 o/ O. b1 N& R1 m' y: H3 _4 A: s
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
0 L+ ~9 K- {# l: k; ~! O8 o2 B5 S7 }5 d8 q! I+ C
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
" G* W* }& V9 d" R# S3 _troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
0 a" t! ~' D4 N& \# hfotograf 20% shorter.0 ?/ |5 D# s0 @" {8 ]) X7 g* U2 X
2 z2 X ?2 y6 k/ f; B$ X1 W6 oIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to) L6 X2 ?- ~* ^5 K, I" B5 e) O, b
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.8 x0 ?2 x i' J$ |$ ^
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always, _/ k0 x( b/ T! C+ P: Z
ben a deterent to akurate speling.6 d7 t% r0 J& v& Z& d, p2 L
4 z( @1 |9 Q) ]Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
. K! {% Q- d0 Z! G" Qdisgrasful and it should go away.% x z; M+ o2 d4 H4 f0 j e
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
6 Z* {" S1 b) L"z" and "w" with "v".) O/ l; @: x) Y, F( w7 r3 P! i/ o
, m, o2 q, [2 F" z; y+ UDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
4 d* R. V' ?) }! safter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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4 p* f7 d# ~+ h( f+ @, i( JZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu; {5 h3 k; B1 B' u
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.: V3 t3 L' ]$ K% ?$ s, \1 [
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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2 @9 ^( g* J. j/ P8 [If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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