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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
! {2 I* j; q, L9 K" f# Ybe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was1 `3 R" `6 M/ y4 P& f, }! D
the other possibility.+ U x& m6 N1 m
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English1 h- V: W' j/ U1 _3 A( I: |
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in+ P1 O# y' K8 n
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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4 B3 _9 E/ ^: s) sIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
# c* Q$ S0 t+ v- o6 @% n; _; Wthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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( r9 ?) ]. \" d& u5 c, PThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up V# i! l$ k5 p, p/ n$ T! [+ j
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
7 k8 f2 e4 b [ ctroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like+ l. V$ f1 Q" t5 T
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to' J$ z( W! h9 u: ?/ {# l
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.& E0 F |( x2 Z$ y
& j/ L: Q; ?0 |7 J2 y3 C# B }Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
" m& d! T/ D+ j' s6 {ben a deterent to akurate speling.) x j% |6 L; X4 ]0 U
) ^$ D" ]5 [5 W9 J: [6 ]8 w( K4 lAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is/ Y7 _" [8 F3 F& p! V- V
disgrasful and it should go away.
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8 W5 H) P( H, EBy 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) S b" ~* P( C# ~$ A
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.3 A! x( U% C/ x9 |3 p+ _. ]
7 B: u% K6 [) W; m4 WZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu" ?; n7 P; d! a) K+ a# H6 w) R
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.) t, W. S$ n$ S( m! T" B6 Y$ q
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze- X9 K/ `# h+ t# ?* G
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; x, ~1 s8 {6 H. VIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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