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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
* A( T" Z& {2 r2 @be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was l1 \% U) w2 v1 W' t
the other possibility.2 F6 u, m0 v* [2 ^
- A( Z6 W: _! w: X0 kAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
H' h. O8 N/ Dspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in2 H8 b ] q# X0 j
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".' ^( H3 u1 _+ o3 t4 R# d7 h; n' X
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make* j6 L) E2 \3 b/ [/ x
the sivil servants jump with joy.' s+ B8 u P& z& d2 A: a
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
5 D0 S' z- G( @konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter." i* p* p: i( a4 W3 Q8 f' s" d1 n
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' {9 k& g. t/ AThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the; E( Q& x; Z8 {# C' V$ s1 ^% n
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 to1 }! Y" e- Y2 k5 i+ U; r. Y6 D4 ^
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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1 Z I S3 ?) {6 B5 L7 L! RAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is2 v0 E- j. S7 b' [
disgrasful and it should go away.+ X' C% q9 K E/ @
. g4 J& F+ T8 d) k: ^6 _0 YBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with/ x9 ^" B- u+ Q$ c8 Q
"z" and "w" with "v".! Y3 u: k2 B( r9 o$ e" [
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and: C3 k0 g3 _7 a: B* }6 v# W
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl." N+ \2 s: n" C0 T/ j* \, R
% G p' G' I3 d3 i7 oZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu/ M" P/ [& u" X: k: K
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
, v# j: y: I7 d1 s1 F& ~& SUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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