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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
& l6 H" w: U( ? k+ J/ f5 fbe 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
' h2 c3 g' D2 ]% `# @/ Nspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in* r7 F- z3 J6 R( @+ W/ V0 e
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".1 ~4 m g, P6 j# ?# ]' n; s
- R$ s! z9 _0 A1 V' z! c' B8 mIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
+ J. X; z. m0 y8 e- D% Xthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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1 a# s/ T* z8 z- E8 k9 {The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
( U0 K. b9 I6 v9 K9 i' Ekonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the4 [+ x7 p( a7 x$ z& F# u, Q# J
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 to
; d8 l/ J9 X8 j# s! `9 e( {reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.. f/ M0 ~' H( ~
/ y3 k9 z0 J3 I5 r a9 LGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always# f) l( W, ^8 g/ c- ~- M
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 is8 a0 D5 d. t2 ~6 K) ]+ `$ y+ W
disgrasful and it should go away.
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7 a, q5 k0 W9 R' |' MBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and- i8 F8 }" h/ p
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.+ k0 E6 a, ^" t S' K9 h. D
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
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Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze( K. \- j0 }) ]1 J( k
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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