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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will5 i/ i7 [& F8 O; i7 v$ `' H" i
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was2 n. r3 I. }( }+ X! x, M
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English3 J$ z3 |: o! k1 A- [+ i* N
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
- v0 L& M( e% M; c8 o/ ~plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".+ A4 z0 U3 y; e& q" f
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make) f( I, q! N$ y! M) }$ 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 C( ]; d' h+ r: W
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.2 @' P& m& i; @% _
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" h8 a1 v( ^3 m& c7 t5 y% Y$ g+ PThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the( `" o1 y6 U. i6 k6 k% Q+ Z
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always! p; k* ?: h) g
ben a deterent to akurate speling. f5 z, _7 T; S( O9 K
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
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( ?8 l- J: N0 @' O QBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with& B Y. v/ _1 R/ c4 J$ X8 w
"z" and "w" with "v".; M7 `9 H: P3 C. x
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and- S$ v7 [) F, j
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.5 N& e7 s: \. y6 d" g' [8 f7 K5 l
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu4 @5 r9 ?' [/ b" G5 N
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.6 r- ~. F9 i( R; u( A" L5 B
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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