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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will0 D v; n' h# b
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was2 T/ o' ]# ]/ u3 |# ~+ i% o( r' L; M
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5 g. ~, t" e/ e5 g$ rAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
9 a) s4 X. f8 o. O' y- Gspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
/ J2 y8 C( L: P4 q8 c6 @2 m2 Rplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".; q4 d) S+ T% ?" q" r
( k8 _$ T5 Q7 g5 T# q. i! I | CIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make/ _2 o* o* o8 V, K5 P# X
the sivil servants jump with joy.- R$ \1 [- W% F& A) Z# t, T- S+ M
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
3 x/ _. k1 A1 w2 Ikonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.; h# e! @- i0 V; m, G+ H0 h
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' a, s4 G% ?: A8 ^" B: H2 k/ iThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the! \' p1 a7 z0 `, x, ]7 V3 {( _
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
7 u) e5 f% s; R$ S* c- h% Q* ofotograf 20% shorter.5 G; O. K7 V" M! x0 Q; w& @
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
: @ R) A6 {# Yreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.! D. Q f( ?5 D
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
8 m) G3 s c% N# G2 v/ Tben a deterent to akurate speling.! y# x) X/ j R/ W- f9 t# ]
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
' S. w3 T: H" \. Bdisgrasful and it should go away.
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* a e( [& I* A# V/ h# D$ D% uBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with( M# G" I8 ?3 u
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
9 ^# M3 E$ g, z2 T7 i, {after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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8 Y6 s, Y3 Z3 d- [/ [Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
1 x# K7 I" e; {, }, Q1 e8 B4 eunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
0 c- I4 H) a& w; X$ _4 g) p+ KUnd 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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