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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will* Z4 W0 _8 y+ d& E3 {8 L) \% I
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English/ N, I2 q6 @! ^) \% k- V' w6 ?; Z
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in# C8 B' f8 G1 R( I1 Q
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- r2 q7 k: j) t1 q9 f/ \
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up* _* \( [! @7 W' ~' f, b
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.. D2 r& a, w6 s6 u. K$ k( V* A
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, F1 G+ E/ E; t) cThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
! R; i* M1 W" N. W" dtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
: I. ^+ l: Z1 f8 x3 [ E, A3 Zfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
$ Z, @/ Q2 i+ d8 @6 C; D& @reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible., x( \' x, y- X B7 z% X; ]
. [, V5 a! e, E! B# d9 m y: o) ~: }Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
; `% U, C( \! e9 k4 ]2 P5 p5 v. Wben a deterent to akurate speling." B) t9 V; Q- s8 \% I3 N4 \
+ I! ^# W- }; ^0 `3 S. v3 \Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is3 J0 L( C/ [; X% c5 f1 i
disgrasful and it should go away.2 @- w) @% ^0 _' Q" }( L
* n: {- S5 I6 V' q1 n+ x( P8 w6 v; YBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with' h& e$ Y2 |, B9 x6 }1 B2 y
"z" and "w" with "v".% Y- ] m# L# e4 C4 b' q9 A& P9 ]
7 O4 A; Z+ ^8 BDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and: L3 }. q; q, O/ Y6 c6 a
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.) d/ q" u' Y$ Y# s7 v, U% u
: w+ X& Q8 b0 H E% j) jZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
' b" Z; p' r A7 L4 b( |4 xunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
) w5 p+ A. Q* h) X( P- U9 _Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze9 W& E7 A5 G4 a: V# G& A. a
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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