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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will& h. U5 F! i2 T7 ?. o6 t
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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$ G& e. s/ K+ X0 s; }! C. ?2 _; JAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
2 ~" B2 P$ y/ |spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
6 C# X0 e9 I, p/ b" Lplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".) Y0 E6 i& s; R8 ^4 y
. k0 {- N5 }. T3 s8 tIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make, S; b. j5 c1 \! M- A
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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6 x9 ?( [- R7 CThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
- A' I2 Y* |( L0 m$ M- M* b1 Akonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.6 Z4 ^& w& }8 z! [+ ]
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" }0 l; \7 }, T$ {$ o" u6 {There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
( g/ |6 m/ U0 t7 u' xtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like$ A+ t( S0 J, G7 H, _ {' V: X
fotograf 20% shorter.0 ~- U9 J* N! `% I$ h$ [1 G$ Q
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
6 x ?7 l4 b$ Yreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always" |! P7 S4 O1 P, M( h; z
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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7 a- M- z3 [) G) r, qAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is: P# w# p% |4 l) Y+ D
disgrasful and it should go away.0 ^! x+ J; M: D& r
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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. }8 ?, A4 {& N5 y" B
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.& |# _2 I2 ^9 @$ H
/ W. P& D/ m% J3 w# c: K* A2 oZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
* g$ ]. D2 @: H) ^: g E0 dunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
, x# e V" `; Y& p( j8 _Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze5 l3 Y+ Y, {# @% ?( Q. ?% r7 V
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- S( Y8 M! i4 p$ p% [If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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