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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will0 ]; {! K2 A& `/ O# G
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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6 K$ ?( P1 [* N8 XAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
# R- X3 e( m6 g2 U# g+ w/ Xspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
* R/ P9 U& i0 I, r1 M9 o4 [plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".1 m% j% g5 H- m2 X6 h
* W: M8 d- e6 x9 t: j) `In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
, R/ Z) x$ r3 }6 _the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up- O9 R# z% G5 G! J" D( p9 w
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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5 l! o$ V( N) q0 o" sThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
9 O# [1 r6 O8 c- F; [& P8 [% [troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like+ F- P4 S! d; N8 D; l7 W
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to0 V% s7 X! o6 l) w* ~9 a" Q
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
' H2 i) N, U% l1 z3 b; T+ u: B( Sben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is# h6 i5 g4 C2 c4 K! U
disgrasful 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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3 a$ O* W0 _9 ?& R3 gDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
% L" ]& X8 S; zafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl., b5 T, c+ E' \
+ m7 @) Z; X# S( VZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
' {. }5 ]. n: _. f7 f! n: ~. [7 Eunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.! k( `( y3 W" Y4 ` A, H
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze: p- n2 X4 [* m* l
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# C2 s/ A0 s7 ^9 L# W! v2 {If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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