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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will. A5 s8 A9 V$ S% |* b0 V [4 J5 n
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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$ Y' x! e# S; P" x& ~# N5 V) p! {As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
' X R( { [ w+ z+ g- \5 E Pspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in" }6 k4 R; ?% `1 @3 k7 b- {
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make% {7 S) e, d7 h& E' q5 a* [
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up" V& ?: h# _& r
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.! k- N- ?' m6 s l, H2 O( X, Y/ Y
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the0 j" v5 }& M+ s
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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. W8 y5 `% Y J7 |3 iIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to3 H- E+ v6 o A# w: q) ?
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always) Y) p( T: F3 W
ben a deterent to akurate speling.1 \) h# I+ C& q( F
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is/ `1 r) n# j4 H. \: H, N
disgrasful and it should go away.0 w+ z7 d+ }+ Z6 }
k* F# G3 w0 @: 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
3 g1 k7 s0 L+ z9 \after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu0 B9 _. j/ y9 Y7 s* f1 }& y
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru." c! q* E/ Z. ~/ G7 S! p' g; m
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze0 W3 H# y- E1 v$ x; G6 P- l- D
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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