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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
; x' r) y" N7 D; y. F- nbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was4 E- s9 G# X. P/ E( t4 V
the other possibility.
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$ H* g1 \$ u$ d: V, NAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English% E8 p3 Y1 v9 [( ]
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
; R- }) _4 c; V! D8 ^# tplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".# B/ l- b- h v% G9 U
4 L8 t" }) g# l! o% jIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make$ k' M# I t/ { v1 l* N: H* F
the sivil servants jump with joy.4 W) g4 V' r3 ^/ H
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
9 Z! x4 E4 b- l$ v7 G1 ekonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.& j& u8 y9 K9 t
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' l" k* J( ~3 o+ S8 O2 Z) WThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the. S( v! o' ^8 r( d- E
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like! t" I% Z* A" r1 Q; U4 L
fotograf 20% shorter.
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7 G c! e1 `$ ?/ jIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
2 q2 p/ {2 u7 M: h7 Hreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.; g1 h; X; x; U/ S. l
" M$ q* X4 c. z5 UGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always; ?4 J6 ^& W u5 e4 W
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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; ~8 [3 A- W0 \% X" B& n+ b! vAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is0 q* w' `( B1 U
disgrasful and it should go away.& S) Q7 ?/ o% W. O" F' Q
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with* {5 s- p* e/ ^2 h1 ]$ d
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and, D( m. |' W' p) l) B+ l
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.* h. a2 V. b" M" m7 C$ R
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
" u t" z9 O1 r ^& Bunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
- y" o( c& r) _1 s0 u: A1 xUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze$ h; ~% A7 a' u
forst plas.* W. S+ B; K$ c
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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