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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will6 F& ?0 e, Z# u
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was: J- h6 E" z* R& b7 `: m; M9 L
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
8 {5 O" p9 G" _& pspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in1 `' V* ]+ E8 p
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
$ m. N0 K1 ^: Y( gthe sivil servants jump with joy.; q/ C4 U/ z8 d( u9 ^
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
" }4 U- p( K8 ^# v/ O. a& Mkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.; c3 d- q, h3 d3 J$ |8 j1 n
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* ]1 t8 o/ u- l+ y0 CThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
% ~% [# Z$ Z5 H3 D1 ^- K6 ^troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like. h( }- Y O4 ?; V( u, ?4 P* V2 e/ @
fotograf 20% shorter.7 g3 Y. ~7 s6 R3 I @, {! F1 [$ u8 D: U6 ~
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
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/ A7 R) N9 o# D X4 BGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always0 U E0 N/ l# w0 J$ K
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 is9 f: t W+ K) R o
disgrasful and it should go away.; T( n2 L3 C7 R1 s( Z2 }4 H
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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; R7 l6 |* B! d8 fDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and2 j* O4 Y% x- W9 w
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.* W: ?" [. R" c5 c+ B. X9 V$ P" w
" S5 q/ B" s! l& C# HZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
( B W$ R7 g/ R2 N! }5 B8 Runderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.* T: y/ ~) |# ], V
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze. a2 x j3 M4 ^: @6 R
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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