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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will0 ~* f4 {* H1 J6 a
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 R2 ~( `2 }$ T" D# k( D! a0 q
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
. a8 L' e+ Y* r6 n9 }2 `0 e8 O1 xplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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- B' a- Y* {& `# L2 f# bIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
* t/ ^" ?) N$ @, ~4 R, Hthe sivil servants jump with joy.# _) p5 o/ V6 Z8 ~7 w
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
! J4 a, t- p0 i. o+ Z4 S* Zkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.0 x( Z7 }0 G' V2 ]- i& T( `; R" P/ H
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$ Y. X# C) g- s' [! n( JThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
0 X& [7 H3 `" a Z! s, F( `troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like6 c, }" U" L9 \* h8 ?% {$ M
fotograf 20% shorter.9 u6 O$ U/ R" f5 T( ` t3 A4 Q* s
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
% }- C- `, m& M2 w6 {3 [reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.% h# z, }8 U7 k- Z' a8 B
& x- b5 m- z% i1 A7 GGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
6 i! S9 g3 p2 e: u& L& G& }, yben a deterent to akurate speling.* @' `# T+ w$ {) a+ o0 E
8 m1 I+ q' z& |Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
) @ ~% T( E6 Zdisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with0 D4 u/ X6 I9 _2 m
"z" and "w" with "v".( r2 a' @' a; E5 N, e
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and( _. v; l+ P8 G' S
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.% u \$ R- ~2 x# J' h2 g
' e* f9 G1 @4 e& o# k% VZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
1 H7 W' R8 l9 v3 l: ~% _; Lunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
' s; [/ k9 j% gUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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* d& V& _7 }1 R+ `6 HIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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