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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will0 E* A. T7 {2 y
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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# Z. b; ~" ?2 Y, s4 aAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
' {( \) g. C( ~0 u5 }. n' Q* vspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in* h3 ^" \- Y: O: M
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".* q* r; ?7 O/ S. e4 P# g+ m( o
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make: F+ V. j) J9 [$ _/ s+ m
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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- N9 N* t( m" u! P% M- {The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up9 v Z. |2 [; u: R. }: ~! H) e
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.# ?. G5 N0 g( c8 v( Z0 L5 l* v+ k5 U
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' h9 h0 }8 ?7 F& _" W' wThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the" N9 U2 Y) V' y3 R
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
; q7 ^: d. s5 [6 gfotograf 20% shorter.# [# F, Z. H9 e- U
, O/ y; ~+ d# X+ S$ W. ]! w4 W7 o# vIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
" M% J# Y! g' w q1 X1 Dreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.8 i. ?& f; c0 K4 f1 Z
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always; Z5 e6 a+ ?8 p' b' A
ben a deterent to akurate speling.! Q5 G8 x; f" T+ g- ^0 d6 `
( N1 `% G1 n \Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
! r2 y* c7 i+ [) Y; b+ `3 kdisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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2 W7 O! \5 j( p1 T9 N, ZDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
9 q- a& K. F% z3 H4 G1 [after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.$ x' Z, o* u: x+ ~8 q, ~
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
+ x; z. |. ]; G3 M! Iunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.' C- `( U: o) u4 j& G
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze4 { ^# @& g5 |
forst plas.& I: ~5 N2 ~. r }- {3 ]
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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