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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will2 V$ g1 U/ k6 u0 y( j# a
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was2 k9 I7 J |, Y! h8 O
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English: z. L; J4 k, O: D+ q
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in( z! ]& p3 Y9 a5 Z
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"." @+ C4 l1 B3 W9 H* S
$ J: ^* ]% X2 j0 r AIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make( |( d+ w5 ?' M# `8 c2 m S
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up J5 x6 u$ n$ ~# a- d
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.0 r7 Z: L4 g' p$ ]
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% M5 h" \ E0 y+ TThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the8 ~+ Q. S: t, |: v* v- Q. y
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to% k. ~5 k4 x9 X1 q3 r* a7 N
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is/ J- f1 {" C6 M# q" @
disgrasful and it should go away.5 H7 g+ `7 P; A7 I6 _0 O
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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- S& y( X- ^: i! f' B+ D9 ?' m
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.5 k2 a# ^+ [. H3 R1 f$ B Q4 y
2 f+ g% \5 ]- S( N" X3 EZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
$ ]3 c6 L+ {: G+ [+ z/ [understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
0 z* x. e, B4 l4 iUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze6 {: a9 ]# s# K" {# I
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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