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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will! T4 O, i8 f3 r$ U: y. i2 d; C
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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' T; o7 s; ?3 ^& ?/ RAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English n3 I9 |* d& i& Q( g7 K
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in4 s8 M" S9 t0 z0 N$ S
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".5 ~2 z7 P4 r2 r) t; Q* u
. J! F; ^- m. I" V: `; @+ E. jIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
$ B2 w. ?( z; n+ s% n& \" X; othe sivil servants jump with joy.8 { N' k1 Q1 R
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
) Z" b6 [- m0 ?, e v+ |konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.+ K% n8 w+ Q3 m _9 F( m8 ?
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: v3 s: N1 _! q& k9 B( \There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
: m; w2 C# t4 |6 Ytroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like+ r1 E" A3 u1 e) z3 Z. |6 e
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
% M. l. P9 Z" q. v& K8 [1 P& [& `: Zreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.( E+ l8 M7 [' s$ j
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
' m3 B. V1 [' Eben 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
" h- j( ^& s; Rdisgrasful and it should go away.8 [5 `2 z( ?4 b# I7 @
5 V' t( c! c. ]3 j4 y8 ]By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with d* {. K9 o2 c% I, {: r8 r
"z" and "w" with "v".1 q4 C) l' w3 }* i/ X9 d0 q: f, W
2 C) ]8 h" S' f$ V% z3 bDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and! T3 T3 V) j9 r; N" ~' k# u/ y1 G
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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K1 W) ]! ]7 I9 ]& j" M7 ^Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
7 ?$ s3 c4 K8 S b* H2 vunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.* R' o* h0 g" G r: S
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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