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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will& p8 n0 ]* ^2 m0 F* c5 w4 n
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
0 z" s+ \; V0 ^6 l1 hspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
9 P, j2 J$ i6 i8 L5 q/ mplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".' D. M* P4 o, u
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make( V# B/ n# ?, L+ Y
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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2 }' \8 f) ^8 d8 F/ j5 J0 g( BThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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1 K/ n: w! ~$ E- FThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the/ }) f/ b4 U2 A
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
* H6 r" g0 U: j# Sreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.6 s/ p9 Q% A }6 `
) h7 M+ Z: O/ [- oGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
! _ @9 d6 y- Q2 k5 qben a deterent to akurate speling.8 }! t3 `* d: T) _# z; M
' }' c7 D7 X' \! \3 L3 f3 lAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is$ p- a) b9 V. D1 {; e: v
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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- H" |, u2 V- p( D4 \* J0 qDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and" V" ^+ l4 Z: N! m% E/ `3 x; [$ k
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl., i2 p: n% [; h7 N6 h( |3 [! A: N
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu! G/ b7 j0 ~7 w4 ^- K& W2 D
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.+ O. N9 o: d$ `" b/ u1 ?! Q& d7 m
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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8 W* [& s8 e5 N) x- z( NIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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