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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
& F! ~+ p0 c( Z& |/ R3 i: ?be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
/ y7 a. O7 d% I) J: z w( ithe other possibility.
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8 j1 ~8 `3 ]' D1 M5 Q' C# _, H5 GAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English/ Q9 j' V2 m0 r' }
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in P5 C- f8 r& Q4 A7 ~% G6 }
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".5 Z* t3 b7 F4 j* L
8 g" C2 b0 E; bIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make/ Q( u5 D7 c# H( l* M
the sivil servants jump with joy.% N0 B: F# U! v# K9 b
3 a$ B& L+ f0 U! u) K& N8 d. u/ D0 |& @The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
x% l# C) J8 S! S! l4 Ekonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.9 | S) E! P3 p c. A
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the0 p! D! {' q/ M' E- S$ ^
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like v3 j- M1 _, ]% [
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
$ I$ D# z9 s% E, `1 nreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
2 N" C& X& }- D0 Jben a deterent to akurate speling., R4 B1 n& s7 Q) e
; j M7 B: E7 `( A% g( YAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
! ]2 R) `5 @8 p% C6 L1 Hdisgrasful 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"and& U }% `. B5 y1 w
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.% |2 P d& { x1 F% p7 R# m
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
- S* N* m. v) O* a) f/ Q8 ~! Munderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.0 ^6 P) I7 x2 n- j1 Y; B; [7 d+ s
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze- f" j5 F% g- R% s7 a
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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