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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will! @/ t9 P0 q; ~# C2 k! b7 N$ K
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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5 c8 s1 L/ \ y u0 LAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English1 P8 b) l8 m6 R0 m
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in9 X$ ~& M/ A4 j3 w* C+ i
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".) X0 ?% g T7 B2 {% b8 Q9 {
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
; R. v; @+ I; ?3 z& P' Ythe sivil servants jump with joy. M& e( t) w: \6 N$ x
" ]$ x2 M6 |% D$ E3 p, |' dThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up% P& @! z& j; _3 D8 g
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.8 w7 C# X& x- X2 H5 }3 L) g
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
( i0 s# S" K; k& I) I, w" W+ Ptroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like9 c8 ^, v, V% u6 \0 G8 e$ w
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to& u5 \5 [8 l8 G: C+ I
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.; \: J) ^! Q( A9 i
?' v0 u1 F$ M' A) c- w$ |3 AGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always, @9 N0 V& b ]: E
ben a deterent to akurate speling.1 @$ Q3 W. p; P2 v9 z
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
- {& I' p) D# v4 b! Zdisgrasful and it should go away.3 v! ^) E. w) L5 I
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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
# }3 l, d$ B$ Q" \" m5 x1 M4 P9 Yafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.( N! j( G% M! z6 G) X
" o% ?7 x* B2 u0 A2 ^# eZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
, z; Q& J8 ]0 @2 `' Vunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru. z. v' [; V- ^1 W
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze2 f5 Z8 Q* ]* |' t' D0 ~
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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