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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
' K* t& z' G" Y+ obe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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: G+ W* l$ V) g6 r" v: V! d/ }, rAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English* E/ `0 U: F/ W* @5 I0 ]
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in; D7 {' i! ^" b
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
2 h1 Z0 G8 x' o( T) ^the sivil servants jump with joy.7 ^- d# ^2 Q& |2 y( k
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
. v \! q9 ]/ tkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.* _' u$ f; h5 Q8 @9 S- `( C
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* y! X2 T2 P F( sThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the; f( ^2 S/ ~' A0 X' ~8 A- K
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like1 D% [. \5 ?0 `% ~9 Y. ]7 p$ M$ c
fotograf 20% shorter.
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8 I$ p3 n5 v: e- Z; N- E* BIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to; c U) k/ K F1 ^$ D$ x
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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7 _9 `- @& b" yGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
/ a! j( z$ V$ k' {; D C0 Kben a deterent to akurate speling.
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4 |; u, X5 m/ e! @8 u2 O4 a/ IAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
9 X; h. ^% F% _6 A$ adisgrasful and it should go away.* d0 w& ]8 A4 z( {! q, I
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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$ ~- N3 \/ ^- {1 e# iDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
@+ k' o" {+ c& f% Y- u: V- T# oafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.8 Z' l5 ]/ s( v' n" [) }
' i% K1 w @9 ^" U$ G1 yZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
' {) }. @3 B# S( e% S. i# \understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
9 w" Q: k5 z$ X: ?# d2 U }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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