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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will3 I: Z$ A8 B/ I W5 { [1 H, Y
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was6 C/ P! [% `' c: _! m9 j! L
the other possibility.6 l8 Q$ t7 d- i/ X+ v5 z# l
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English% U) ]2 F6 _& z' v, o |
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
3 K$ A% @/ f$ T, G2 C. H O- ~/ M; z* Pplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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4 F) V4 _( |- e! z; I& G- aIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make @& D" _7 n. l" ]' ^
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up6 { ?5 I. R: K' T2 ^9 t8 h* v9 ]+ |
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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2 C/ _; N* T; j# `- JThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
3 z! |& R. M/ |) x0 D K9 B, htroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like# X. U1 i3 t" [( G
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to+ _7 s j5 i- U- w
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.+ H z. d* c) y6 Q6 H
# N3 n2 B+ L( Z) |Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
2 o( i# C& {& p- `& u3 n: Nben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is4 j" l& @, S0 }3 I
disgrasful 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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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
) D5 q, K! m* Dafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.( c4 i) ?2 q2 S' O( s. W
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu+ L4 Q: u' H+ ]7 M5 |
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.& f/ ~# Z% v" B1 d: Y
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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% D0 m; ~+ {( t" { a0 G$ |If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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