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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
+ f- r% y9 _3 H: i4 [/ Obe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
5 O6 j7 {6 Q5 ~' A1 f& G0 \9 ythe other possibility.( U% m1 l1 m/ _: H$ c: Q/ l7 e
# h' p& p0 K& ZAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
6 m! e6 f ?8 s6 Fspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in0 x W& N7 m5 O8 G
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".# \- h/ V7 m! d" {+ k( ?
$ a7 `9 U" B- `- T9 l, ^In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
6 p3 r3 ^( b5 r6 n% {6 V0 P9 rthe sivil servants jump with joy.( ~' _& H8 U# X3 x
% D2 h+ T. `- M9 mThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up% y$ D7 B, I) _# B- X( q
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.# {; E3 W- A# B, W6 k2 X
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
5 D4 C, O7 }3 Z+ X, Ctroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like) T/ x0 l0 P, k% e+ r9 ^& l
fotograf 20% shorter.
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" [' w( w) p/ h; ]" P2 A- `In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
: j4 s; X. J2 ?, I" Nreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always. l# s' {0 _# W4 z g+ ^
ben a deterent to akurate speling.& }0 Q" z2 ] U8 E* F& U5 l# X+ n
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
. X& x2 `( ?4 q, Hdisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with; Q/ p) w- B" E$ N3 K2 c
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
5 e) X* o! ?/ b2 u$ Y, ?. @after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.9 A! K& G# n) H
" O1 i9 s& f8 gZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
2 ~) c# @. O* P" Nunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
# d, a4 u- }% m* DUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze7 f5 B8 Z4 ]6 s- ?3 b8 u' i/ @
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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