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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will5 a8 _, W( x: ]7 F3 p$ r" O; I
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was/ V- y; j% c2 g: g$ C4 y1 c% `
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English+ u. p: [7 r* q* }6 n& a/ T/ V0 y
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
, L: S2 O: u( B5 P5 o4 v; {' F# @plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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0 _/ w. R! x% E5 T1 J9 u0 IIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
& \; e. G7 L+ e: L1 uthe sivil servants jump with joy.1 \* { W% x- z, y
: ] O& O3 p( C( _: J# DThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up' \1 a1 `% b7 `( [, c% A
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.8 F( b. I1 F4 B6 m7 o3 a7 i
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the, E( s! Z9 i8 T5 }) ]
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like% a( Z% O& L2 p9 s
fotograf 20% shorter. Y& z1 e: O& y& J9 Q" v
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
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# y1 M8 V" H+ |9 w, p NGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is: }5 Z* @! d5 D1 K6 Y
disgrasful and it should go away.
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5 D4 N6 [8 M3 E7 j: fBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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+ [. S) _( G, |$ IDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
9 z* X$ v/ ~: o: ^after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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# q0 R! ~$ K" w5 y c( EZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
' U9 E8 q( K# a2 i/ Y. z1 |: x9 h! lunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.: c. e, b3 a0 F
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze: G/ x. y" ]8 V/ X' t9 f- `
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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