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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will5 U) g6 ~* G, L( }7 G. [, F& V
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
8 m& m" F( _) _$ o( ithe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
9 A; y( _! _+ {% Y( P, p7 Espelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
" ?+ k/ C" F/ {# |4 H$ r$ V+ N1 Vplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make2 g5 f, M2 }, [) f$ c8 N4 l
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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$ O l: w$ q% C' j$ k0 c7 {1 |; \The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up7 g* B7 ^# u$ A
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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$ @8 [# E, Q! LThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
3 m1 ~" i2 j& @7 C2 Q% w$ H& @ Utroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
5 C+ r' v/ V" @0 e- xfotograf 20% shorter.) l# i: D- H6 J/ h2 R0 S
# y' X4 S3 f- x; a; V( {In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to$ L# i3 Q- [& h
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.( l# j' A/ P- X- G q; M
& X1 v* d M& k, j! Q3 N7 a: kGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always% ^- I& c! E& d$ g, n. S
ben a deterent to akurate speling.4 Z0 C2 o; x: o
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
4 X9 M* f: ]5 h% I* hdisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with( C* ]+ m" B2 g' @) G
"z" and "w" with "v".& Z& J/ W' H- I+ p' b2 u/ R6 y
: {; I7 |& K* l# v5 [During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
L- A, U0 Y) K% M& i D( ?after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.0 @) S3 @1 E+ v' \# k L
7 L6 H5 }7 u/ WZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu% E6 ?& E Y( L; G* c* U$ f' J$ F
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
, K( P4 ^4 |# Q) m/ wUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze% r) e( H3 L# n9 y4 ?# j- p7 f
forst plas.
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# n) C5 K! ?6 c3 X0 XIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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