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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will- D: j2 v1 c1 F+ f! O
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
- G) O1 z- A" o6 ]% e& R2 ethe other possibility.% i, e. [) V& Z0 o( x
& S" N% p5 A( b$ UAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English6 A5 B: i- J! ~) k; U
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
0 X1 K2 n1 p3 z/ K4 S. Vplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".4 M) c) \$ ~% V* a6 h
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make, h; I! j9 o6 y4 w: e1 G) d2 W
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
; l# ?0 B2 O9 f6 p0 }konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter. G6 V4 q$ U. v* ^. k3 L9 M
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the3 V/ Q& u5 ?; ~
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like4 ^2 }+ Y3 L7 V6 Y f: {8 c
fotograf 20% shorter.( g1 z2 s* U9 \/ q& f
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
1 m! P; M# s. S& D" z7 ~/ ~reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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- P( C& Q& L8 Y6 S8 i, p% vGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
4 h4 b9 o( x5 a4 B/ hben a deterent to akurate speling.; n0 R7 z4 I8 m/ R d
% c9 b% \( d+ L' `Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
1 g- o: @4 K1 ~+ H8 \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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6 Z5 h+ ]# b9 ADuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and( ~; p. a) \1 x+ F4 I
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl., I/ W: P% I$ G3 K6 l
3 w/ x8 k, s) ~5 k) vZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
9 }6 d7 }* _* e+ a5 M# sunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.& }1 B+ ?+ ~: {$ f1 e3 {" k/ ?
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze+ g3 [9 F; i4 L
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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