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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
: \, x8 t" _3 x1 qbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was* W' e( K. k; o% V
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English* I( U# }& s# M, r) a" |" l9 o
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in( {: E! r. U7 [: u/ n# j1 y# }
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".7 z2 q8 |7 B6 Q! G8 L
9 K/ H2 u& [, E" P9 p4 y5 R. lIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
4 K- b+ {2 z# C/ L3 a9 I* nthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
; t+ H" P$ G$ ?8 }* Rkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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8 Y& t/ r* g% t4 iThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
[9 G3 t, O5 i4 Z5 s. btroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like, V5 p% G. M2 @
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to) q: N3 G# p0 t- j
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
& x/ I" M5 e- B8 [6 y& Tben a deterent to akurate speling.
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# l `! y. V& y5 U' a* iAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is) k4 {& p q% q) u- w! N' c$ P
disgrasful and it should go away.4 O2 W$ R0 I* p
( h3 ^+ E' H8 N) s zBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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, O ]+ k: m5 _8 B1 e% i. JDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
3 u' G/ U, j9 n& o- M1 u( [after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.8 ]8 ~3 W' S2 p( ^6 f
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu- q0 I$ k% p1 v s2 {- ^3 \
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
& ^* ~! M2 X) B3 `5 p/ uUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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6 ~$ J+ I* t4 O) q' Y3 J- g7 ~If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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