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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will B! `- I$ a* |4 V9 I R
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
- }$ F! z" O" G+ E2 g) nthe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
7 U! t6 k% T* V- r7 @) q- p1 Dspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
' V& L. F! ^4 C- j0 Cplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".& _3 ], `1 P( C; ^4 Q1 v7 a
' e4 l. u# G% i4 O1 j L, A; ~In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make- O0 O8 ]# F" d+ X \& {+ A7 X/ U* f% S
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
( m# a1 P) ^' J3 c$ U" [$ C/ Ykonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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) z, Z9 ?% G) V) }0 x* w f lThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the" q0 B: }$ k8 g# E8 F3 B2 P
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
/ T: i, q" I, U+ z# m' Ffotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
" i$ l; f, A8 g+ dreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
' D" `( l. j0 z+ ?/ {, {; J* Eben a deterent to akurate speling.
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9 w" g7 n8 c( x1 P5 p) VAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
% x' O- _" _, G4 W) o: e* i" z4 G$ vdisgrasful and it should go away.; L4 Q* m* ^, J. O d
$ |, Q4 V/ p9 xBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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9 x" Y2 k3 x3 D8 n/ r2 }During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and& c4 k# `! k# y$ o; V4 ?
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.$ u( m' r( J1 R j4 H5 K
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
$ ?3 `5 X. z' Hunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.! w$ y- m: t* }, y+ H
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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7 n% J- @0 [! z9 hIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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