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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will, ^4 L' r9 O4 Q' \
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was2 t9 n& Q- E( a% |, w, x/ ^
the other possibility.
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+ R/ ~1 M) s6 v4 ]7 gAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English8 r/ y" U" Q4 E5 F, j
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in9 i: x) @9 T( c8 }) i8 Y$ g
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" Q2 { h, H, u; i8 N$ l/ }/ g9 t
the sivil servants jump with joy.2 R% K4 j: t% B! j, g7 F
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up( C* I3 s8 O/ ]& P, K% Y4 ^
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.7 C( s9 }6 r( u" `6 t
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- Y; I8 U+ H! [$ VThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the& |, f% I' J2 ~7 Y# x
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like0 {" R5 p" F* _+ Z$ w" e2 `
fotograf 20% shorter.6 q- ~% `& d; T# I
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
, B4 o( p( T9 K5 K* [reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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$ A" Z9 `; Y, V6 x: QGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
' W; m" b# O' {. i& k rben a deterent to akurate speling.8 U2 A; d: Y2 b( @4 B
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is+ B8 a# b N) B+ C
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+ `7 M3 i9 a- V2 _) v, K
"z" and "w" with "v".7 ^. L. \( f4 M7 Y3 ~+ y/ G
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
2 h3 l9 J/ ?+ C: }: Uafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.& e8 g; t$ E/ G# x
- Y$ b6 ?# B' dZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
* [ `4 h v' I/ d, {" Runderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
( ^5 V0 O9 Y4 a& h; Q0 ]9 dUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze, [$ P3 W* C4 B0 a! i
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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