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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
) k* B6 s. ]( t/ k- kbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was0 l4 Z$ V. |3 A, p* I; ?
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4 C. T" Z7 a+ F/ T# QAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
! M, \) V: N* V, ~/ aspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in# f* t7 t5 A$ E0 y* V5 w
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make+ z, e- |+ ?0 p e9 _$ H
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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3 X; p# d, Z3 Z% h. x& kThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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* L2 D6 N5 k4 O6 RThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
% M/ V* U& E8 g* utroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like2 x: V/ o q+ s9 L! m! O
fotograf 20% shorter.7 N0 q, x" M, {. A: d( a
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
) w+ l) W, y4 ^, r0 S5 dreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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) G3 C; v6 O( a# N) y$ IGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always+ _/ s, E$ n( D' d2 j
ben a deterent to akurate speling.7 {: t$ G H8 o& m5 Q
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is% _# N9 {# `, `' j
disgrasful and it should go away.
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% Q' S* P7 ~& v6 l$ |4 `By 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
/ x: ?- D1 H% _8 e }9 w, safter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.( M. n- ?) T& s; v D/ q1 u3 X |
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
0 {7 j& J' u" |* x# U9 Bunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
2 b. p) Q9 c3 V) K/ b, x6 s5 i- JUnd 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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