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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
, f6 z3 M5 i0 J$ y( D }% mbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was6 G1 \3 R, q/ ^* Q9 Z0 {6 i& c; ~
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English4 M3 `6 |6 {/ ?+ s& n& V2 H4 a, O
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in. N. u1 V' L+ Z' N, I: o3 u/ ~8 I
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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8 |8 ^/ D' I/ {1 X, uIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make/ j2 o/ [5 S, o$ B1 r
the sivil servants jump with joy./ {* V8 l( N% M; c) I
! ^9 \2 B1 N M( ?5 j8 H5 ]The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
/ R8 Y& q. C3 D3 O0 v- y% x8 F3 }konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.4 \+ c- U c; y- t0 t
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; ]; j( V& x- QThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the! S6 U' ~4 Y, q: L. I0 C R
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
$ a5 |; B$ u* `9 R) Qfotograf 20% shorter.+ X5 m. j. f% d4 W3 v
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
% P# Y" @+ c1 y. U$ Hreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.( Y) e9 W0 \ D8 K. r( E
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always0 o c- J0 `; `, `
ben a deterent to akurate speling.. V. \( H2 y/ ~) [ ?9 X
* H i0 p2 G. A# h1 S- b/ kAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is5 E' _. O& p+ R4 {8 e
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
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/ f* h% \" `/ y0 r$ U# v! W' L8 ]! ODuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and. H& d# R% J3 Z& m4 s$ B
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.- X& s# x. k _ G$ m" p+ \
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu# B2 j* [' I) | R& @% a: T
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru., [' i) A: @9 L' ~ l5 \
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze) T0 a: B, C0 O3 l
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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