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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will# N- p7 R7 j6 r
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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' }2 }( G. [* s0 K) {As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English' }: a- q- _: D* H$ z1 ]
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in! g* Q/ V: N/ d. n" G5 a7 k' D6 j
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".9 S B: e5 v" h: |/ G
( a" S% p2 }" B& q, KIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
* z( u. v8 ?. R8 i: {- X4 sthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up' |! Z- ^' m3 F i% l0 i" D. |
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.* O: ]4 E! B. ~
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/ F' J- m& _- s+ \There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the S C( a$ N0 I9 c& b H* I
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like ~1 N6 p% Q) x' w; Z
fotograf 20% shorter.) ]( n/ {' [* n* M. w, p# e) i
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
3 F- }/ ~/ b/ J& zreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.. u% S/ l# M( P" P$ Z! w
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
d. n% n/ Q" h) J2 Vben 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
% w& D" h+ I. b3 H- Ndisgrasful and it should go away.2 ~7 i U- K$ { x5 I: M
; s+ b4 W2 u! vBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
- G7 g1 t: H: O; t% R8 S"z" and "w" with "v".
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" m! b; c" Y f$ p9 i" J# \8 @During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and( {1 N( A% `3 b" l1 J
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
: G, r* \" S- Y, runderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
* p5 @. ~# H; U3 MUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze- a5 z/ [; N8 t6 }% i7 s
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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