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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will" e* l+ p, a" h
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
4 j! A( d) {& c2 Ithe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
9 `6 \) a$ W* |6 v) wspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
; W$ n- [% ~% ]plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
$ U- a. ^6 j! vthe sivil servants jump with joy.+ `% C& I. g x' q
- A C' {4 D0 |The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
: p! T- \' x0 h/ E3 K& okonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.# |* O* @0 A' L, V& z; A7 j* Q" v
: u* m0 a0 ~, m* w w4 e/ m/ J* h
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the. w/ H& G+ G! |5 L9 ~
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
, W. t- v+ t4 A* B2 r, D- Yfotograf 20% shorter.6 v& Y$ h% n4 F
) p/ r8 N" I% A: m+ {( e' a; y0 \In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
) e. O( i' {4 d7 Q1 H5 qreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.1 J! I" ?) l$ M n) }1 c* m
: E. N' C1 }' B EGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always2 s. O" l! }6 ]/ V, M
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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: G( o7 i* Y% r1 ^# F! H, w. lAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
f* [ e1 D+ C. A: v3 Q0 c: ~disgrasful and it should go away./ y# H" T5 f0 }
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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, O9 U. g- P; l+ QDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
! H$ c# y6 l3 L' A$ |" yafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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k' q5 L5 ]7 |6 \: s. _Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
1 q( \* P. P# G! zunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.8 N& T- G& y3 L9 ~( t8 H* Z2 y; G
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze0 \2 j" ^% f6 D/ L3 G
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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