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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will9 }9 C, `3 z( Z& U' E
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was& p, x: K1 F- t. s3 X5 O+ H
the other possibility.5 K9 n. p& m; I+ t" J: e- y6 m
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English- J9 P5 K! L8 f% ?0 K6 S1 V2 q( F
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in" `& n$ L- b; @8 u8 d% X
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".8 `5 g0 e- W3 K1 e. Y
# G# J0 f+ B1 U8 ]In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
8 f9 M0 S. w3 j, x3 M. jthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
7 C/ q! B6 L' H; f- akonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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$ i" u7 U2 e! x- V: S& Q" K( xThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the3 y, I- i8 X+ p+ E0 ?8 p
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to; o' l& r( _8 Z2 Q+ ^( i% m' R
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.2 B$ P, L1 k- p# l7 z! {: Y
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always# @6 T% u1 `1 ?! y
ben a deterent to akurate speling.6 q% z$ b' V5 x2 Q2 C, R l
9 M7 M& I, G( n2 |. z1 r0 lAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is7 g4 b4 b. P9 P# F& i z8 W
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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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
0 H% n7 s( h9 u$ j B9 f# g) j1 q/ J8 Aafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.( y% R+ I5 E/ I4 X9 \/ Z
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu9 J% K& p/ N2 f' r5 p1 u. P! A0 {
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
5 w1 }' R" p/ I" iUnd 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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