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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will- Z! e( | U( S3 ?8 W8 w# L& t" ^1 D- U
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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6 Z9 j- ~# ^+ L2 h' PAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English/ O8 h4 i4 Q9 P8 V* b
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in) H1 w. z1 I1 O" s- b
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".% F, j9 w& K+ }3 j/ _7 b% c
. l8 R' A: J3 lIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
# L, a x3 G: s0 I9 E, w9 xthe sivil servants jump with joy.4 D% Y! O, h3 e# H; y" j
1 y$ K( v4 _5 o. H6 W' y1 D+ XThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up3 B- J" c/ t: {% y3 g
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.( C" h$ @4 w; H) k$ F
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
4 J b6 n2 r# z7 q. W2 o* Jtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like+ d9 T& E& k$ }9 ]0 p
fotograf 20% shorter.3 a: I1 n& l- S' p7 T
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to9 {8 e( r( |' T5 [" A1 c* [7 ^
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.# i: s# {4 _( x' ^" [* Q1 O
4 @& {. S; e# Z" h5 `) a8 [1 a5 N* |Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always# p5 g- y5 m" e
ben a deterent to akurate speling.0 a/ o9 K9 m* n
# |4 f! P/ K6 J& G! P! XAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
/ P( x) G6 y2 O. ]) ldisgrasful 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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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and1 b$ L# [' D! f/ @
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.1 Z1 H! \' f" `, a4 {5 H0 n- j% m
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu F' A: q# q+ }% Z0 ?. L
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
- R8 ~1 w7 R+ L% NUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze" W1 G+ v( s5 U0 Y# `
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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