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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
V' K0 \8 H+ P bbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
7 }6 {% o% {( y2 O1 Mthe other possibility.
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+ i4 T9 {- N4 o3 e) oAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English( g% `" C8 L1 X/ u& w1 m' j
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in: G6 H# ]& S3 I _* v& U2 A: l {
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".; }6 n. p! d& K3 t4 Z( O( S
! ]) x3 I3 s% A9 J5 n/ l( i' MIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make7 q7 @6 ]5 x. b* s
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
" g: [& z( s$ M+ i5 b8 vkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.7 d% d) `& x! Z$ e' M4 X
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2 K+ x* Q+ W' WThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
/ b5 Q* v* {& z$ H5 a w( @) I6 y% ~9 `troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
6 n# @4 Q X4 j8 {% _# |7 \: `fotograf 20% shorter.. s+ y/ q! z& D% d. R
1 W! E* }5 X6 m. {# OIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
2 s2 d. U7 S8 X; A7 \reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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) |3 \; K2 u" _, \Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
% G: e: D# ]6 k, Wben a deterent to akurate speling.( t2 ~* o" A* f3 R1 d+ Q2 H
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
" }: x- g I1 U2 D5 d7 H* x% xdisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with" V: G1 C: i" M2 N
"z" and "w" with "v". b/ r+ `$ U; p+ m" E
: y) A/ a1 U" V: w5 YDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
* B' k5 J) |0 z2 B" g5 Kafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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1 s% Z6 U! ~! P C' m. B/ R8 qZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
' _; Z9 f# H5 o: }6 o8 u( [* K. P$ f; Hunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.' |' f% J: b) q: d/ i9 l
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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`' ` o) l! m/ }If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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