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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will, j, g' w4 N: i% H/ K
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
. @) l' \ s) [! q: F# tspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
4 i- B' y( m) [8 h9 W& dplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".( \7 u# @! B: e1 o$ J
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make7 H3 v }" b3 d% T- C. j3 v+ x% }
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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& y7 h+ H$ n9 D" _The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up, g9 N$ {- j3 X
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter./ j, r6 u- V+ `
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
4 A' Z+ Z% O: Q8 ~4 {troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
4 ^! L- [ _2 B4 ]1 G- qfotograf 20% shorter.
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' G, A4 y5 j* GIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
" A' R+ \- y: |/ S( x7 \) g, Preach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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% q7 j$ p: Q, \5 kGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always k) H. F+ k: ?- A- R3 |. |
ben a deterent to akurate speling.; L+ I, e5 N: f- ]# ?' f; x
' n3 Z* U# l& ~) MAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
2 R$ [2 M$ ]- q8 G9 x* rdisgrasful and it should go away.- L) J; g' _7 H+ j7 O' i' w* O/ [
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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"and+ m6 B9 h6 V8 l7 O Z
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.) k v( e+ X8 D+ a" N' l
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
[" c( J% n6 l- m% E0 Runderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.4 R- K. g# Q V/ w$ H7 o( Y
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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. D" k$ @3 j' q6 J1 z0 vIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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