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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
: c) W7 K4 Z6 T/ @2 qbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
$ n% F8 S- ]+ S. g4 p7 F2 othe other possibility.- Z! r7 C2 ?. @# ~0 w; W% [
* T/ v5 {- ^* M& f [6 MAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
; K. _) h+ O+ C4 v) P- A* m8 N0 jspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in( H7 [) ]0 M( \4 t* X6 v, h. F
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".9 g! v2 K: G: q$ Q+ B& I
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
0 L- L7 N; f; T% \% qthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up* A; F) Q7 w' f7 j0 B8 O
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the- ^% Y' [# ^6 x( I% M
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
% w" b4 B4 q5 Nfotograf 20% shorter.2 p c* ~. O2 G) x4 r* K
# Q2 _2 I/ X5 q1 E6 d) C. PIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
1 ^" ?' p$ [7 q$ ~! _5 dreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.6 u0 m! }3 |9 _9 o- X
1 @0 b; Q+ B6 |0 WGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
, d- N6 M9 K; T4 m. h- B& Uben 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
& d( F% o4 j4 x* \0 L |disgrasful and it should go away.
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8 |+ d& r3 j jBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
' u: T2 T7 D* A( g4 B1 {1 T"z" and "w" with "v".* n' U" Z2 o! O) b6 b) m
3 N3 d. }6 m2 z4 WDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and2 p" R! Y# V9 f* Y
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
( G$ f$ d* W8 ?$ t7 k5 _understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.% x4 U# z& p6 A9 s2 o) m
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze5 j! E4 Q: l/ `3 @- Y6 k" t
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8 Y. \* W1 z- O% O6 V: Z! @If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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