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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will% E7 ]: \% h0 w& k! J; v: w6 r- U
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English: S; ~9 S& C# S: n1 L- W, u
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in* \6 h( ?! | x$ E J& P' {, V
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish". o5 ]( n& i$ U
m; R7 `9 j `3 n) x$ @" l; E. iIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make8 Q0 _/ T; V: e; ~$ }/ K& Z
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up+ r+ C! s0 B( P/ _; ]- f
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
p7 m4 T! L" y& ?$ ltroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like! g0 \6 I! s" H- q9 _" R
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
' j- M2 y8 q7 `: o+ g3 Lreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.1 b6 X7 c0 |4 T0 B4 @+ \
4 ~1 R2 \3 M$ R1 u% h% Z1 LGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always* E, s! i3 ^* t5 [) {3 F
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$ b% m2 n! |- Q) E# L
disgrasful and it should go away.7 `7 s& V1 k4 w/ L1 ?6 V
3 _& X! f+ ]# }% E7 t! WBy 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
6 g5 i% P* k$ }3 Y. H/ n" Eafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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5 W" F2 `+ y" v9 w- TZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
4 t0 Y, U# X9 D9 ?3 Yunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.- J4 y! O; _, q5 W% ]
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze7 ^1 `5 D' |0 u' V6 P% y9 f) M
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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