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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
) I7 }/ u+ a/ g6 Obe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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7 J+ n( V8 u+ D N, T; eAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English, d+ b6 f- N" T2 Y
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in) l& p' r, L- a1 z
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"." O" _8 l" v. R% s6 h
- I2 [0 X+ {$ @' ZIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make3 x- n( }0 g4 R- ^2 U2 E
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
1 _4 ]3 U2 }* V. @9 Xkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the% j/ T) c/ N. X3 e
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to; H) @; l7 s) X9 `: `# j
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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4 {+ k$ v7 L$ o8 t+ aGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always7 D3 e5 C) A4 W6 u
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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7 n, a6 \ M5 s! hAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is1 O- P7 P4 J' L: g& O/ ?
disgrasful and it should go away.
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/ y7 x3 w8 k' S4 O) OBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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; f4 l# K; W0 P* U' c6 g0 R+ TDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and5 ~0 O3 A+ m K6 I! Z
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.- @9 ^8 j5 y3 X6 V
8 T) I- V, Y) n' iZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu# z G5 V4 R" ]2 [
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
( ~9 \7 U2 q# P- ]1 bUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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: I+ Y( d8 g; P! G- t; x" B: EIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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