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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
+ D+ r, I0 u: X. p0 kbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
; u9 X* b4 U U6 ithe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English! j* g' S! I5 {- x
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
! x% u! ^: b3 Yplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make( j/ U% p9 G4 n# Q# m3 Q, _( Z
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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# r. M( g3 S- Q- [) x. YThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
5 n. _! ~; b, ikonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
% X4 u! d. @; i/ J+ ]; c- Ttroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
6 J5 n) Y+ {3 d% v+ Z+ }& W% k( mfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to) X+ q1 k7 h! n, C
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.8 k! q" h9 a1 H/ n5 z* `1 S3 w
9 L% n3 R; p* v% b# x3 OGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always) X' w* H7 f _- G+ 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
% E/ U4 Q' n# M- {& m3 Rdisgrasful and it should go away.' O5 ^. x. a6 C3 g
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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2 T' q, c0 O7 n. [: e0 M/ K qDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
1 }" J2 s- W. J4 O5 ]* Cafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.( z& A& I1 Z$ A+ V* y4 M
' K H) o2 i" ~" }Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
+ p& @0 H% ?' l5 O2 N+ Bunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.3 ?; ], z1 J- T8 C5 E3 |
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze+ O7 H" f4 D n- u/ S/ t
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r+ x* w7 {, {; S; o, K7 dIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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