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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will" z5 D1 q* o6 m6 D' w# o$ u6 ^
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
' B9 ^8 p7 B. Q% S$ R4 m( V1 B( xspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in, @# @' Y- I* T6 M' _4 K; l- v
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".$ q$ B h; Y6 J+ g H* |/ U7 F
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
$ m0 O9 u: M# j$ h0 \( Q4 Z' [the sivil servants jump with joy.6 j e* u" L# [9 ]- u3 f5 T) X
7 {, ?# q A- N; R% a/ a0 G; X BThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up! R% f- X# }0 }8 j3 f( k, Y/ ]
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.% u) t* G( T8 c+ _
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0 |* v6 T& A1 }- Z, g* DThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the2 u1 ?# E! F9 O) d( f& w: \
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like, n! A' A( V |- x" g" A; a p: v5 }
fotograf 20% shorter.
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; U- N7 ~, S- `6 K% t- H4 B2 AIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
) \2 X8 M) p$ M: j7 Mreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.9 \* {* a* |. F% ?! b# Y
4 V7 W' d( V _ b1 H* z4 tGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always. Y4 U& J$ |* l8 W* X4 j
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is. l* U& O* f4 i! a
disgrasful and it should go away.: e0 i' k/ w5 C$ k: s6 x& _! Q
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with3 _- u8 i0 M0 l
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and. _6 @/ t2 B4 m' L
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
, X( w1 V H; u0 R& o5 Bunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
( x) |; y% g" m9 AUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze5 _0 V O( _5 }- _ `% q. ]2 _
forst plas.
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7 \; {7 `: l4 ~3 w$ E. _# hIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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