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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will/ F2 j' V; g4 \6 d$ R% a
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was5 p, A2 v1 s& Y4 l5 |* `- N
the other possibility.
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1 f6 F/ N* p# |2 w ~9 h9 FAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
& y6 X" @" N- J; N" |; z+ s; yspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
: o3 @ f- R0 C [+ gplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".1 t% V9 X3 ~* A) O4 T% S4 m
2 Z) g" A5 g2 @! pIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
: P3 ?9 e3 `- t/ w A; @' m3 u4 pthe sivil servants jump with joy.# r7 }) K8 e7 W2 e# {5 i
* m3 P/ g/ Y9 ] V9 dThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
# M5 o; |: t( R1 Jkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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# Z9 L* c1 ]( B9 WThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the; l( B, f* Y' v( n" c
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like6 ]' |2 q0 B( y+ w7 t
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
' d* a2 o/ c% m+ treach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.$ W) b% ^' s) ]6 b
5 F' D9 x+ B2 a% U9 G& N& ^! kGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
+ |9 D7 ?! n1 ]7 `1 n9 d: c: Mben a deterent to akurate speling.6 v& D# T* ]2 ^5 H4 w: T
* ~- A! B4 e( A7 @; IAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is6 R' a" Q, i# w7 @( X; g
disgrasful and it should go away.
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4 j4 \0 r5 D% n( l( MBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with& w, R `6 e( Z5 [$ B/ X' r4 g" n7 \
"z" and "w" with "v".; |, c6 g. Q/ j `
# G" _2 n0 Y8 z, \' T: {6 uDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
& h+ x' r% Q3 n1 wafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.+ K* U d# S$ L Z
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
3 ^4 j, B) b$ D1 u" Tunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.! X) U4 w& Z. g
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze; E3 m) |7 ^/ q/ `* l) Z9 f/ t
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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