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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
6 L( o+ f0 ?4 n) z% E( bbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was( L3 T, N& k: ]+ Z. c! \0 ^
the other possibility.
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$ W8 T0 s3 s% XAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
7 T4 I7 [ _2 l4 i' Sspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in* G e$ V1 a; h
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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( k6 j. C2 Q1 a4 C/ E* TIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
/ R2 x+ K: Q" ]1 R* a1 F) rthe sivil servants jump with joy.7 ^+ u M* M( s+ h' D3 |
/ \, `% d; |, E3 Q0 xThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
' L# s( i A5 |( W. b" c$ F8 }2 qkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.. `9 z9 U, o z9 C1 K
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/ T1 }* M+ i, q5 ~6 Q- u" v7 L! dThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
: B7 `5 n7 l, I. x7 S" btroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like* r; E( Q( C9 k1 H* `6 ]- F. f V. d
fotograf 20% shorter.6 O. o W. C) U* h) m! |6 W5 u
. K8 e# N" B. n% `4 Q8 |# xIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
$ _+ z: L" U" }: vreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible./ Q A1 J3 p0 a `
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always: {# ^6 @) K$ j. V- h+ {: c0 i
ben a deterent to akurate speling.! v) `- o' o0 Q4 V& g F5 Q
. X+ s* s" G; p; S4 @) q0 o; N9 yAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is7 Q0 V- D5 g. c) Q2 [
disgrasful 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"and2 h" d- a: l2 n- k: f' ?
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.2 G- d }& ~" x8 I
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu7 J u( r# G8 I8 x" G
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
9 v4 g" e) S* L9 `5 \" sUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze+ X0 r+ S1 T# b; G4 y
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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