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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will4 l, X0 u9 y$ n
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
( [2 U5 E* F( D0 pthe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
2 z& d4 a# o; k+ L- R0 m6 Aspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
6 Y( G' Y r( j$ tplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".8 U3 w# ~3 j) K$ T. v* Q2 n
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make+ k1 u& s9 [' o. q# b
the sivil servants jump with joy.9 b+ t* x$ u( M% p7 q
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
4 O. u9 `, }6 L4 M0 Ykonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.. L" v$ R) t) B1 g1 E: i
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. V U9 q1 Y! Z0 U4 C1 B+ X4 m& iThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the9 b1 U( r) Y# \4 b4 u
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like7 K, B: U* X0 C6 G+ n
fotograf 20% shorter.- F1 G5 l! E, s
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
, W3 L. X$ ~: H! C9 V6 `reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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1 M2 R5 |( Q6 Z* R+ D. N& Q6 xGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
8 a& w3 c3 q0 {. p h% wben a deterent to akurate speling. [. t$ _7 I, a$ `5 w
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
+ {# E7 A+ }! [- a2 sdisgrasful and it should go away.
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+ p# M- _, d! W: H& O% JBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with* H% O7 {; ]; v& N3 x; J
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and( b. \- a: S! V; l9 q4 t+ |/ p5 k: i
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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+ _. a" d: p6 A1 z$ W1 g/ b4 M2 ]Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu7 ^3 P8 F) U2 @( E8 d% ]/ \; W
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.- u0 V5 ^1 G: ?" ~2 K
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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/ y$ `5 o* |* w% ^! mIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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