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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
: ~ i, o" f% {4 @# D0 Q. P3 d2 xbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
3 w% |. S" p6 bthe other possibility.5 j7 e% s+ r# `: {% ^" c5 t' A
' n! ?8 ~& ]- i' M& bAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
( Y! A9 ]3 W$ h, Vspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
2 d) Q% H* ~( W8 O/ E L6 aplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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4 b/ b) Z5 C. d5 |& ~In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make; d" h" E3 l+ x6 t" x" A1 ?
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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& f+ w6 g s R/ E& iThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up5 W- p3 a K( n5 `6 N, c/ w
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the/ K% ?! C5 `& a7 @' V/ E
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
, R5 F3 K" }* O' T. B' l$ ?% `7 ffotograf 20% shorter.6 b1 I. Y/ A; I3 {1 v- x" ~4 b
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to9 f& k' N1 ~$ o: p4 h2 r3 W2 G
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
4 r( B; A6 A; G r# h* l/ xben a deterent to akurate speling., S& ]* a1 j9 g! v% w
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
/ ], w, C C/ L$ H6 Y- Ydisgrasful and it should go away.
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! D% T1 ~4 }1 DBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
) e( ~7 ?) Z1 |( ~"z" and "w" with "v".& a$ h# F, }, M7 [9 D& Q
8 m1 j/ [# M; D, g' X* {: o7 n1 LDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
+ p9 N+ @& H: nafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.2 N; v) e5 E; t9 |# y1 [
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu2 N/ m0 V" C* a9 T2 i4 q# H
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.# b+ Y- m+ C7 J
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze# ^( d9 x. Y2 l! k7 S0 F: u- w& ^8 |) a
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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