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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
* M( h6 \* L/ j9 `be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
: @/ O, m `! q8 K: w: T! m! ethe other possibility.
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! i+ y: F* r9 E5 D5 k9 zAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English* f; _1 [/ L: i& Q& u- ]3 [1 |
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in* F G( E1 _/ m
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".. _' N" ` X* w, a* U6 j
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make K# H0 @9 ^& U! n" D4 s
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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5 @( g( W% N/ @, ~/ ~The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up9 c* E0 ~2 y3 s! x7 }5 l# @ `
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.* @, p8 ]" x7 j5 v( l9 I7 b
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
. y# `! D' s9 w& f" k3 Mtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
( A6 K' D5 F, V/ l& j1 yfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
1 {$ L* v- }6 {, B, {% h. freach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.' Z; W4 e q- d
9 P9 E! s- N/ Y b: i" LGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
: W" S3 n8 O+ u! L+ D0 I' _ben a deterent to akurate speling.0 u" i# b* Z, }1 c6 J
. b6 @' Z6 A8 I1 Q; z2 SAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is8 L2 W& {. f. Y: P o6 \( m
disgrasful and it should go away.' z, T- u) t5 I! c# O
/ @2 j1 \& \. D6 b6 `% GBy 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 I( |$ V/ w; J! safter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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% S8 H* t% P! E7 yZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
( `( W; L0 p9 K6 H6 M) ?$ J# }understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.5 z# Z. v: r( R# W, Y. W
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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: m3 W; l$ ?0 Q: l9 U- _* m- Z- iIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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