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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will+ f+ \5 l0 O& F$ O j
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was! n% [, `, ? |/ ^/ b6 {
the other possibility.! k0 [' }; g9 j; t' _6 C
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English9 E2 i5 u( v+ Z' X& \
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in% x& B l& i: [1 w
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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% j0 j) S. Y2 f \In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make# l$ C4 y6 J) [! c- ~8 c/ v& @
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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5 f( x( H$ J o, V- E% rThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up( U1 }+ c P" i) m: M$ |& y
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter." d. I0 f! t* |# a6 ^ ~, Q% o
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& q4 R+ ]+ F, h9 WThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
, @1 D O# j1 P2 Qtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
# `' b" ~% C/ ^& U0 _fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
8 [; F5 x3 j7 U! l7 nreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.- D* s% k/ Z' L
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always7 T4 V- x v9 s# g9 E
ben a deterent to akurate speling.& _6 c. E7 p9 {) y- O
8 Q5 x# a- z9 i1 P- F) q% ?/ oAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is5 p5 g4 ]! y/ o( ?/ Q, t
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with4 V. r1 `5 n; a6 w' x* j/ d
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and4 F/ L/ z; p _# K- _- K
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.; _( C: ~5 G' c& m3 T; M
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu5 u7 i$ q6 w; S, R# Y/ u
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
4 x% C+ ?7 U# b) R; p# D% b! y f1 CUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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4 |+ Y' i6 w4 ^/ p( _If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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