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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
% `5 I& j) K: Wbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was. V( g% S3 ?, S+ B7 i4 v
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1 @5 q( \& Z" wAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English8 A% z, O R$ S- a4 t5 J7 d9 | m. s
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in0 _1 ^. m. e* S# k8 P+ a
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".: ~ `1 `6 p2 @9 [/ D; ?) o! p
' [/ |) b/ U( L8 M% F" tIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
) k' Z% h* o: n) Z Q5 |* B" cthe sivil servants jump with joy.2 P, a5 J( W# F. C g) T
, ?9 M9 q) a8 J$ xThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up( }; W5 P0 g" {& n2 V3 e
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter., P0 Q9 Z5 c% _. l5 N
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/ _! K$ G0 j$ r0 O8 CThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
+ k1 u! Y) @7 Q/ ~' ctroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like2 q7 V1 K- }9 Y- d) y* ~7 W
fotograf 20% shorter.
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2 N- d! f J0 R( j/ tIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to) F3 v$ W+ o4 }$ C8 e, P0 B+ Y
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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4 ^8 L8 y- H' v; pGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always8 \! [$ a* V# A
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 is
. ~1 Q9 b$ V6 B0 ~disgrasful and it should go away.* h3 b7 L0 R- F# @
5 v% Y) R" k7 h* D7 ~, nBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
6 b E0 T+ T" Q, S- }% R" `"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and2 d9 O1 L$ _+ u4 z% v
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
, {5 Z m) _6 Hunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.5 e4 s( X# n$ e
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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