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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
, G8 Z' h, o" r% l# ybe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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5 z% Y6 ?: D1 c4 g/ f+ W: F4 J/ v5 U8 kAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
, k8 [+ r+ _. @spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
& Z- j: }9 G& y& K% Nplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".4 w T H. g: `! J. h
. `* d7 c, j- H7 HIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
/ b$ L& Y! t7 g5 O. bthe sivil servants jump with joy.+ C, s' v0 E/ z( z8 t
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
+ B. U$ D% T, a5 y7 ]9 j! N( `konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter., v" C" n/ Z! K/ q( H( V. @& E
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4 b. [2 d7 B. C& n3 r" V9 VThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the2 A. }) @' ]8 ` f
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
' C8 d n# F. I' P |1 ?! Y* }0 f. kfotograf 20% shorter.' Q2 B( t1 u% e. P6 f
+ Q: ]7 K' k @ M2 cIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to9 @2 r X% K# T$ `" C% K* X; S" ]
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.0 `( `0 z0 s6 y* p; o6 S1 |8 R) s
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always; H, k" m% j7 M p
ben a deterent to akurate speling.3 ^) S2 V% y+ T4 V$ N' {( t
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
- d- _$ L. q9 Y, m" L2 J3 f0 odisgrasful and it should go away.
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* U, f/ h# d9 |By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with3 X2 O9 i! S% ^4 `
"z" and "w" with "v".4 Z% R+ b) j' R ^9 f. V
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and* c5 q& f2 ?" J4 T* ?. Q. c0 w
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.$ C0 a! e; a3 g& V/ I8 [
) v: e- ~8 |' x1 K% wZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu' a+ K8 Q7 J* }% u) W: D, h
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
1 m2 l7 ^0 `; `) u0 t! ]& y/ YUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze7 K, V% {# W7 S& ^2 m( X6 j+ a( f
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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