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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
) o& L" V- c1 \0 J/ bbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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+ q/ R, n+ y9 y. }) Z4 L! pAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
" R6 W+ U% l! ^- P3 {# aspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
2 @8 u; m" R: x, w# S, @& K8 z7 V$ Dplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".$ t2 l$ G+ a/ b0 R' J. v
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make# Z% d; a% h, p0 f0 v" o: I
the sivil servants jump with joy.$ [6 }: [3 A6 x! f
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up$ @) ^7 Y* j' J1 |0 j% O( x
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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( l. V& r/ I4 P8 c, iThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the8 y [% n( m8 J9 g8 K
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
' o- B0 h6 x& O) ^7 E- K pfotograf 20% shorter.
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& {' b5 U6 l1 f: ~In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
; r' `; q& Z) [( oreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always& Y, S, |; A" a
ben a deterent to akurate speling.1 s9 x5 x& Y4 d' \0 }) `
: s3 e" Y, j" F# a7 nAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is+ c) H9 ^% ?" w- @; ]
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
+ I# }% Z# h- i. V3 ~"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and$ J) s3 E4 |1 Q& {1 M6 p
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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- A1 C7 _! l2 jZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu- }: f7 ~6 z" r: j5 s& X
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.; ^- A6 K; M" J5 |/ W' L4 P
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze9 V" F- a+ ~. F2 X6 i3 ~
forst plas.. [% r/ z j# t+ s
- g# V% }* x' r' ~% tIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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