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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will- b" j. V* A3 u1 o. |3 _
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was, x( A, L8 |6 p$ C5 |( w; H
the other possibility.9 J R' Y) }1 I( j- w
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
! M: |7 R# G0 m5 I( t6 dspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in0 O5 v4 [$ r( |$ g, }4 r! q
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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% y2 Y, L3 G( z ^( C. ?In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
& U2 i1 h1 [, l% x9 n `7 jthe sivil servants jump with joy.3 Z- x$ ^5 L3 u% G, r
2 D! N! i% B8 g/ l- `1 DThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up; x9 D, V* E# [3 s: @
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
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fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to7 n- n# e4 p& ?2 m& g+ u
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.2 J# {7 R' F2 `/ x
, `* o$ e: h$ _, e+ IGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always3 T; a3 O$ H2 A( w
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is: @' U, \6 e& g
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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" P* K; O5 a5 o8 v# vDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and2 o! @! L9 s' }5 @: B
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.* D0 e+ W0 o* y, w7 y' w
0 q! W0 {% y" q3 _Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu. i2 m; s3 a. |" ~2 Q0 d* U) B
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
' k- @ f) L L' N' |( RUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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$ _( ]5 j8 u- h x5 G, [! |If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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