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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
! w3 S9 M7 h2 F) k) r0 ibe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was5 a. F2 Q2 F$ T( }. ]
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
! X' J4 N% ~# C( H3 U' Nspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
7 w! ~' S; \& b2 e/ mplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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T& w( W* K3 ^! U" }In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make9 S( G! P4 \% ~. F& b z' J. w
the sivil servants jump with joy.1 ]# ~6 ^( q2 \ k! J
4 t% Q) b) { v0 L+ ?6 ~" YThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
/ V& A! X& _8 E7 \- Skonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.1 e0 B2 Y, V' b1 B3 b* I& \; N
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+ V8 L( z- t- i( NThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the) @) k7 z% Q! W+ ~0 `
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like1 j0 h5 ~5 d: W% S& S
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
; k) x" d- K8 y- D- e% Preach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.- ~# M3 O: @/ a! ~, ~# g
4 p- D8 M8 I" G5 Q' {; BGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
" O& y) {: Z- M- iben 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
, c, T2 V) r; ` Tdisgrasful 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# ^; p) K) c8 h. V: L% I
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.3 ^8 D, A* o1 _ @8 Z& c+ A
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
; B m) z# @5 Y/ O: I# Iunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.- K8 W" D/ ?! r( \" i" C
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze+ _! J7 W0 {+ z5 _' k) Z+ }: W
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- _& b! u& ]' b" t+ YIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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