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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will2 Q- D$ Z+ L) q9 q0 |, H) r8 [
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was# n' l, ]4 {+ ] O8 T
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
6 m2 f7 p/ ]% K8 W, Z& z) }& Zspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in3 C+ Z: O" ]# ~7 [( Z6 O
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
( U- D% |- A! T: A0 dthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up% s' M7 K' K# T# n2 O/ W0 W
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the! t, m H) ] E+ x0 v, F- v
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like3 J: L: }% Q7 ~2 U! l
fotograf 20% shorter.& g3 p; G! m: b
' t3 h) g) e& X4 X+ kIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to+ }& X+ W1 |% q- [4 m
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.+ {6 [& W! m: _: h# l* J5 P+ r+ k
. I J7 V+ N% g7 rGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
/ t' R6 {' i# Z$ \2 A6 }ben a deterent to akurate speling.5 {5 j( ^6 Q! B6 p8 J
9 Y7 h) ~0 Y9 }( ?, o5 PAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
4 t1 E, S% {! I3 Odisgrasful and it should go away.7 L5 e4 _5 g5 C- l$ u- j
+ ~# e7 x* {# d& J x: aBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
0 t7 C0 P! ~7 v"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
% E/ o Z) `) u! }after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.0 f8 y" K" v5 w7 I! p& P
% l4 V0 o( v4 u6 i8 L) Y! [Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
, M, h9 d2 o+ E$ |0 C! tunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
3 ?$ r7 E, f+ g0 W! B( kUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze% J) `" E$ c5 y
forst plas.
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, j& K6 E. O4 s9 mIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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