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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will6 r0 H% S2 d. Y& s
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
* ~" x/ b& ~4 r8 [) S6 _8 cspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in" P) O" O! ]8 l: l/ r7 \* |
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"." K( _# k- E( P# t" Q5 \7 [
. Q2 e! u) }. d4 `) F hIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make% P5 F. m& u& p3 P9 Q
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up6 a3 @0 }" P7 P( W
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.+ e. t; d. T6 S: _4 v% \) V
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1 L' e+ L0 z8 W. ^! m& AThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the+ T6 I# s* z+ d
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like- L% o. n! t# T( `+ v
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to+ P* W3 q$ |- S2 V! q$ T
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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( m( v% d! G$ k- l2 l/ c( s' dGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always4 q# C9 Z( I& ?% S# t- V5 A
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 F, f- j; K9 r6 A6 ]! k5 R: C
disgrasful and it should go away.
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& f* x9 f) ^, Z; Y( MBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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7 J' g6 V( N- \5 \During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and; y4 d, x) `5 f
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl./ L- `8 }1 G4 V- K# k
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
7 i% m( g% T% ^0 zunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.( U! j6 x* u8 t$ P8 H
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze; w" f' R! M- e, Y5 a4 f
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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