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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
u0 i+ @* h; f' j$ \( Fbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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$ l9 }& i) }5 _' W5 _) m: hAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
; \- `1 X2 H* i+ Q5 ~% ~spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
3 J% @. u7 D4 L! Q- T3 tplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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6 {% r3 Q! J, P. t N. z* x! NIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make+ ]2 w$ N$ D. h+ K7 G
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up. q- V( |1 \& A7 w4 n
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.) r" k( I! C* N& {, y
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( ~" Z# B7 m- C$ RThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the; T4 x- [* X: t; i5 x/ A; ?( P
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
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
: Y, Y* r3 b; B( Bben 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+ F5 e( G4 q2 p$ q. p0 {/ E+ j6 D
disgrasful and it should go away.
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/ |# ~2 P4 G8 C1 X* P) q+ dBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with( }- H& `5 F7 t6 A0 }
"z" and "w" with "v".
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" q4 \6 n7 S d9 pDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
0 S/ y( ~" t/ E4 d% t# bafter 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, R, Q$ p( S2 J+ I- e
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.4 v" E/ R% Y5 S7 v& k7 B7 X' o" 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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